FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - A sewage lagoon that has threatened to spill into the San Juan River will be eliminated.
The Farmington Daily Times reports (https://bit.ly/1bkcLzH) that San Juan County in northern New Mexico will break ground on the project Tuesday following six years of concern.
The San Juan River flows into the Colorado River. A San Juan County official said raw sewage entering the river would be “catastrophic.”
The lagoon was built in 1957 to serve 25 homes but now handles twice as many.
A local contractor received nearly $2.6 million to decommission the lagoon. It will install a pumping station near the site to take sewage to the nearby city of Farmington.
The project could be completed in four months.
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Information from: The Daily Times, https://www.daily-times.com
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