In February 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted a review of the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) and identified 64 areas of concern that need to be corrected.

As of 10-03-2025, CRRUA has corrected 23, a completion rate of 36%.

“The EPA report is separate from the 2023 Sanitary Survey conducted by the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED,)” said CRUA Executive Director Juan Crosby. “But they essentially perform the same function, to identify operational areas needing improvement. Regarding terminology, the EPA uses the phrase areas of concern and NMED uses the word deficiencies,” Crosby said.

Similar to the NMED Progress checklist CRRUA initiated in early 2024 to track corrections identified in the Sanitary Survey, CRRUA is tracking improvements on the EPA list of areas of concern.

“We are fully transparent in presenting findings identified by our regulatory agencies and our progress in correcting them through systematic improvements and upgrades that result in reliable service and water that continues to meet government standards. I encourage the public to track our progress on the CRRUA website,” Crosby said.

Both the EPA and NMED checklists are under the Resources tab, CRRUA Project list.

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