(Santa Fe, N.M.) -The New Mexico Environment Department's Drinking Water Bureau issued a "boil water advisory" for the La Bajada Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association (MDWCA) water system.
 
NMED issued the advisory on November 7, 2011 after bacteriological contamination (E. coli) was detected and confirmed in drinking water samples from the system. NMED requires the La Bajada MDWCA water system to notify water consumers of their water system of this finding. La Bajada MDWCA serves approximately forty residents in the central portion of Santa Fe County.   This advisory only applies to the drinking water from the La Bajada MDWCA water system, and does not extend to any other surrounding water systems.
 
The NMED Drinking Water Bureau will provide technical assistance to the water system and the La Bajada MDWCA will continue to test the water until no further threat of contamination remains.
 
For more information, call NMED Communications Director Jim Winchester at (505) 827-0314 or Andy Edmondson, Technical Services Manager, at (505) 670-2352.