The Camino Real Regional Utility Authority will pay the state nearly $200,000 in fines to make up for “five violations committed by the utility since 2023.”
The settlement between Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) and New Mexico Environment Department was announced Feb. 10. The water utility that serves 20,000 water users in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa will pay $168,000 for the violations and an additional bad faith payment of $21,000 — a total of $189,000, according to the settlement document.
The fines will go to the state’s Water Conservation Fund, NMED said in a news release…