Cordova Wastewater



Map & Directions Home	PLANNING HIGHLIGHTS Cordova Wastewater Project On September 7, 2006 Richard Rose of the New Mexico Environment Department conducted a construction inspection of the Cordova Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association demonstration wastewater project. Peter Fant of Souder Miller & Associates led the tour, with Gene Bassett of Bassett Construction, Sammy Medina of Medina Precast, members of the board and general public and plenty of sidewalk supervisors in attendance. The photo shows the recirculating sand filters in a tiny strip of land near the historic Placitas area. Fedelina Montalvo, Board President, and her husband Pablo Montalvo, system operator, gave a permanent easement to this property. CMDWCA has also purchased property in the area for additional treatment and disposal sites. When fully operational, the system will pipe waste from homes to several decentralized treatment sites like the one pictured. Treated effluent will be discharged to designated fields. The system has limited visual impact on the community and will have lower operating costs than a centralized system. When the demonstration project infrastructure was completed, over ten homes were connected to the new system. Community members reported that the Placitas was cleaner and no longer smelled. A quarter acre lot was acquired by the Cordova Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association for treatment units, and an acre has been purchased for disposal via drip irrigation. Funding for the advanced treatment and disposal was obtained from the Governor’s Water Innovation Fund. Old buildings, small odd-shaped lots, narrow streets and alleys, antique plumbing (where it existed) and complicated property ownership drove the cost of construction higher than a typical project. Extensive community outreach and communication, the wise selection of contractors and active support from many agencies helped the project proceed. The complete Phase I build out will serve 60 homes with 30 septic tanks, two treatment areas and two disposal areas. The decentralized nature of the system and the type of treatment and disposal meant no big, smelly tanks and pipes to spoil the view. On the contrary, the village is cleaner and the renovated water can be used for subsurface drip irrigation. NCNMEDD assisted CMDWCA in the administration of its National Onsite Demonstration Program grant for its original Preliminary Engineering Report, regularly attended board meetings for a two year period and assisted in obtaining additional state funds. North Central NM Economic Development District, District 2 P.O. Box 5115 Santa Fe, NM 87502 Phone: 866-699-4927, 505-827-7313 \| Fax: 505-827-7414 Barbara Deaux, Executive Director

PLANNING HIGHLIGHTS

Cordova Wastewater Project

On September 7, 2006 Richard Rose of the New Mexico Environment Department conducted a construction inspection of the Cordova Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association demonstration wastewater project. Peter Fant of Souder Miller & Associates led the tour, with Gene Bassett of Bassett Construction, Sammy Medina of Medina Precast, members of the board and general public and plenty of sidewalk supervisors in attendance.
The photo shows the recirculating sand filters in a tiny strip of land near the historic Placitas area. Fedelina Montalvo, Board President, and her husband Pablo Montalvo, system operator, gave a permanent easement to this property. CMDWCA has also purchased property in the area for additional treatment and disposal sites. When fully operational, the system will pipe waste from homes to several decentralized treatment sites like the one pictured. Treated effluent will be discharged to designated fields. The system has limited visual impact on the community and will have lower operating costs than a centralized system.
cord1 When the demonstration project infrastructure was completed, over ten homes were connected to the new system. Community members reported that the Placitas was cleaner and no longer smelled. A quarter acre lot was acquired by the Cordova Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association for treatment units, and an acre has been purchased for disposal via drip irrigation. Funding for the advanced treatment and disposal was obtained from the Governor’s Water Innovation Fund.

Old buildings, small odd-shaped lots, narrow streets and alleys, antique plumbing (where it existed) and complicated property ownership drove the cost of construction higher than a typical project. Extensive community outreach and communication, the wise selection of contractors and active support from many agencies helped the project proceed.

The complete Phase I build out will serve 60 homes with 30 septic tanks, two treatment areas and two disposal areas. The decentralized nature of the system and the type of treatment and disposal meant no big, smelly tanks and pipes to spoil the view. On the contrary, the village is cleaner and the renovated water can be used for subsurface drip irrigation.

NCNMEDD assisted CMDWCA in the administration of its National Onsite Demonstration Program grant for its original Preliminary Engineering Report, regularly attended board meetings for a two year period and assisted in obtaining additional state funds.

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North Central NM Economic Development District, District 2
P.O. Box 5115 Santa Fe, NM 87502
Phone: 866-699-4927, 505-827-7313 | Fax: 505-827-7414
Barbara Deaux, Executive Director