• CURRENT WATER ALERT STAGE: NORMAL
• 2010 Aug 20: District Business/Billing Office Has Moved: Same Building, Different Entrance
• 2010 Aug 4: Meter Replacement Project Has Begun
• 2010 Jun 18: Partial License Issued by OSE
• 2010 May 6: EAWSD Posts RFP for Engineering Services
• 2010 May 5: EAWSD Posts RFB for Water Well and Transmission Line
• 2010 May 4: Operations Staff Have Completed Spring System Flushing
• 2009 Dec 8: Owing to road conditions the Business Office will open at 10:00am today
• 2009 Nov 27: EAWSD Posts RFP for Hydrology Consulting As Needed
• 2009 Nov 20: Update on Main Line Break (3:30 pm)
• 2009 Nov 20: Update on Main Line Break (12:30 pm)
• 2009 Nov 20: Update on Main Line Break (8:45 am)
• 2009 Nov 19: Main Line Break (Updated 4:45 pm)
• 2009 Nov 19: FY2007 Audit Now Available (Updated Nov 20)
• 2009 Sep 10: EAWSD Posts RFPs for Financial Coordinator & Administative Assistant
• 2009 Aug 6: EAWSD Board approves policy regarding leaks
• 2009 Jul 8: Updated EAWSD website goes live

2010 Jan 14: District Water Arsenic Levels Extremely Low

An article in the Santa Fe New Mexican on January 14, reported that a survey of private, domestic water wells in the Santa Fe area found that 15% of the wells surveyed in Eldorado had elevated arsenic levels. The survey did not include any District wells.

District wells are tested for arsenic, and the detectable levels range from zero to 0.003 µg/L (micrograms per Liter). The federal standard for allowable levels of arsenic in drinking water is 10 µg/L. A µg/L (equivalent to one part per billion) is analogous to one second in 32 years or one inch in 16,000 miles (nearly 2/3 the distance around the world at the equator). Thus, 0.003 µg/L is analogous to one second in over 10,000 years.

The District tests its water for many different constituents, in accordance with federal monitoring and testing requirements. The results are reported annually in our Water Quality Report. The 2009 report (as well as prior year reports) are posted on our website; click here to view these reports.