Clean energy corridor nets county $5M | Environment

Projects include TSV water leaks, watershed management. Several Taos County entities just learned this week of a $5 million windfall contained in the state General Appropriation Act that was passed by New Mexico legislators in March during their 30-day session.”The funding will come through Taos County, and then be distributed to the different groups, I think at least 10 recipients,” District 6 State Sen. Roberto “Bobby” J. Gonzales told the Taos News.Among the beneficiaries, the Village of Taos Ski Valley will receive $750,000 to help address the high rate of water loss within its municipal water system. A recently-completed Water Master Plan showed unaccounted-for water (water lost through leaks or unauthorized connections) represented, on average, 80…

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