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Lower Rio Grande Mutual Domestic Water Association board of directors receives RCAC volunteer award

Five water systems that serve eight southern New Mexico colonias—unincorporated rural towns along the US-Mexico border — struggle with drinking water quality and access, wastewater disposal, dirt roads with no street lights, access to medical services, and substandard housing conditions. Through a regionalization effort, the communities have joined forces to form the Lower Rio Grande Public Water Works Authority (LRGPWWA). Regionalization ensures safe and reliable water services, creates local jobs through infrastructure expansion, and attracts new housing development and commercial growth. RCAC is recognizing the original six-member board of directors’ contribution to their community with the 2012 Yoneo Ono Award. Read more >>