Bottled water donations assist subdivision that has been without potable water for more than a year FARMINGTON — Since the San Juan County Office of Emergency Management issued a challenge to people to donate water to residents of the beleaguered Harvest Gold subdivision, local residents, businesses and nonprofits have answered the call to action.
A total of 15 pallets of water have been donated in the past two weeks, according to San Juan County Office of Emergency Manager Mike Mestas.
San Juan County is working on short-term remedies to provide people with potable water.
The Farmington third ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints collected bottled water through a water drive during a church picnic in a park Thursday in Farmington.
The ward donated more than one pallet of cases of bottled water to residents.
(Photo: Jon Austria/The Daily Times) "We have a great community, and the community cares," Mestas said.
The county is also trying to address the daily water outages in the Harvest Gold subdivision.
He said the county also is trying to get a water tank purchased for the subdivision using emergency funding.
Mestas said it will take time to get the pumps and tank to the neighborhood.
She can be reached at 505-564-4652.