NMED News:SANTA FE ― The New Mexico Environment Department’s (NMED) Drinking Water Bureau is confirming that the Cochiti Elementary School has met the requirements to lift the “boil water advisory” issued Jan. 12.
Cochiti Elementary School was required to issue the advisory after bacteriological contamination (E. coli) was confirmed in drinking water at the Cochiti Elementary School. The advisory only applied to users served by the Cochiti Elementary School and did not extend to any of the other surrounding water systems or communities.
The NMED’s Drinking Water Bureau provided compliance oversight and technical support to the Cochiti Elementary School. Subsequent samples collected from the water system were negative for bacteriological contamination. The Cochiti Elementary School will be required to complete an assessment of the water system and maintain a regular monitoring schedule to test the distribution system for the presence of total coliform and E. coli.
For more facts about New Mexico’s Boil Water Advisories in English and Spanish, visit: https://www.env.nm.gov/drinking_water/boil-water-advisories/ and for more information on this announcement, call NMED’s Drinking Water Bureau Compliance Officer Chet Markham at 505.222.9531.
