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Three law firms are hosting a town hall meeting in Sunland Park Thursday evening to address arsenic contamination in drinking water and legal rights available to customers of the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority, which supplies water in the Santa Teresa area and part of Sunland Park.
A news release said the firms of Singleton Schreiber LLP, Markowski Ruvalcaba Law Firm LLC and the Law Offices of Israel Chávez will jointly host the gathering, where attorneys will discuss the contamination of the area’s drinking water and avenues to seek remedies, and to answer questions from the public in English and Spanish.
Late in 2023, an incident in which the utility delivered drinking water with unsafe pH levels was followed by a notice of violation from the state Environment Department over arsenic treatment plants that had been offline for over a year.
CRRUA has since reported that 16 voluntary arsenic tests by an independent laboratory since January have shown arsenic levels below the federal limit of 10 parts per billion at all three treatment plants.
“It is alleged that CRRUA knowingly sold water with arsenic levels exceeding legal limits, despite repeated warning from regulatory authorities, with adequately informing the public of the health risks,” a news release from the legal firms stated, describing the alleged actions as “a willful, reckless disregard for community safety.”
The town hall will run from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 21, at the Doña Ana Community College Center, 3365 McNutt Road in Sunland Park. More information is available, per the release, at 575-468-4602 or online at SingletonSchreiber.com.
