NEW MEXICO / GUADALUPE COUNTY
Vaughn
Ran dryRestored November 21, 2013
- Population (2020)
- 286
- Water cut
- November 2013
- Cause
- infrastructure
- Where
- 34.61°N, 105.21°W
What happened, and when
Every dated water event the register holds for Vaughn, newest first, each with the sources that document it.
- Restored
Restored
Crews plugged the leak and service returned on November 11, 2013; the Environment Department lifted the advisory on November 21 after monitoring found no contamination.
- Ran dryon the card
Ran dry: what happened
In early November 2013 a massive leak in the aging pipes of the Vaughn Duran Water System drained the system and left the roughly 800 people it serves, in and around the town of Vaughn, without tap water for about five days. The state transportation department trucked in non-potable water so residents could flush toilets, and the Environment Department issued a boil-water advisory citing the outage and low pressure from numerous leaks.
- New Mexico Environment Department: Environment Department lifts precautionary boil water advisory for Vaughn Duran Water System and Encino Water System (November 21, 2013)
- Associated Press (via KRWG): Water service restored to rural NM town (November 11, 2013)