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WHO GETS UPSET
ABOUT
GOVERNMENT
WASTE .. LOCK
YOUR RECLINER IN
PLACE AND GRAB
THE ARMRESTs,
YOU'RE ABOUT TO
GET REALLY
UPSET.
WHAT YOU'RE
ABOUT TO SEE IS
NOT JUST A FEW
BUCKS THROWN
AWAY ON SOME
DINKY DEAL.
LO QUE UD. ESTá A PUNTO DE VER
NO ES SóLO UNOS DóLARES
TIRADOS EN ALGúN TRATO
THIS IS ABOUT A
PRECIOSO.
COUPLE OF
MILLION THROWN
AWAY ON A
PROJECT THAT
WAS DOOMED
BEFORE IT EVER
STARTED.
HERE'S NEWS
THIRTEEN
INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER LARRY
BARKER:
AQUí ESTá NEWS 13 LARRY BARKER
TAXPAYERS
DE REPORTERO INVESTIGADOR:
SHELLED OUT
MILLIONS.
.Fugua: "Q. This is a
LOS CONTRIBUYENTES
DESCASCARARON MILLONES.
FUGUA: Q.
good project? A. No I
can't say that."
IT TOOK YEARS TO
NO NO PUEDO DECIR ESTO.
PLAN AND BUILD.
SE NECESITARON AñOS PARA
PLANEAR Y CONSTRUIR.
.Neville: "I don't know
who to point the finger
at, I'm not going to do
NEVILLE: NO Sé QUIEN SEñALAR
that."
CON EL DEDO,
BUT THERES
TROUBLE MY
NO VOY A HACER ESTO.
FRIENDS, RIGHT
HERE, IN RIVER
CITY.
.Fuqua: "I think it was
just a poor use of
taxpayer's money and
a bad decision."
YOU'LL FIND THE
SECOND SOURCE
RESERVIOR AND
PUMP STATION, ON
UD. DEBE ENCONTRAR LA SEGUNDA
THE BANKS OF
FUENTE RESERVIOR Y BOMBEAR LA
ESTACIóN,
THE SAN JUAN. IT
SERVES AS AN
EN LOS BANCOS DE SAN JUAN.
EMERGENCY
WATER SUPPLY
FOR THE 9000
RESIDENTS OF
BLOOMFIELD IN
NEW MEXICO'S
NORTHWEST
CORNER. THIS
PUBLIC WORKS
PROJECT WAS
ESTO SIRVE COMO UN
ABASTECIMIENTO DE AGUA DE
EMERGENCIA PARA LOS 9000
RESIDENTES DE BLOOMFIELD EN LA
COMPLETED TWO
ESQUINA NOROESTE DE NUEVO
MéXICO.
YEARS AGO AT A
COST TO
TAXPAYERS OF
MORE THAN TWO
MILLION DOLLARS.
DAVID FUQUA IS
BLOOMFIELD'S
CITY MANAGER.
FUQUA DE DAVID ES EL GERENTE DE
CIUDAD DE BLOOMFIELD .
.Fuqua: "Q. Is this
FUQUA: Q.
reliable today? A. No.
Not at all. Q. How
3ES CONFIABLE ESTO HOY?
NO.
EN ABSOLUTO.
about last week, was it
reliable? A. No. Q. How
NO.
about last month? A.
NO.
No. ... Bottom line is, it
doesn't work."
.Barker: "In fact, after
spending years
designing, engineering
BARKER : DE HECHO, DESPUéS DE
and constructing this
AñOS QUE PASAN DISEñANDO,
facility today it is
basically inoperable.
How could something
so complicated and so
INGENIERíA Y CONSTRUYENDO ESTA
expensive go so
INSTALACIóN HOY ES INOPERABLE.
wrong? The answer is
about as murky as the
waters of the San
Juan."
THE IDEA BEHIND
SECOND SOURCE
WAS TO HAVE A
BACK UP IN CASE
LA IDEA DETRáS DE LA SEGUNDA
FUENTE ERA TENER UNA ESPALDA
SOMETHING
POR SI
HAPPENS TO THE
TOWN'S WATER
SUPPLY WHICH
COMES FROM
NAVAJO DAM 18
MILES AWAY.
IN FACT, TWELVE
YEARS AGO
BLOOMFIELD
CAME TO THE
BRINK OF
DISASTER WHEN A
ROCK SLIDE
CHOKED OFF THE
WATER FOR
ALMOST TWO
WEEKS. THE
COMMUNITY
IMMEDIATELY
DREW UP PLANS
FOR AN
EMERGENCY BACK
UP WATER
DE HECHO, HACE 12 AñOS
SYSTEM. AN
BLOOMFIELD VINO AL BORDE DEL
DESASTRE CUANDO UNA ROCK SLIDE
ENGINEERING
SE AHOGó DEL AGUA DURANTE CASI
2 SEMANAS.
LA COMUNIDAD INMEDIATAMENTE
PREPARó PROYECTOS PARA UN
FIRM WAS HIRED
SISTEMA DE AGUA DE RESPALDO DE
TO DESIGN THE
PROJECT. THE
SEGURIDAD DE EMERGENCIA.
LEGISLATURE
KICKED IN MONEY
AND SO DID THE
STATE'S WATER
TRUST BOARD.
THE SECOND
SOURCE PROJECT
WAS BUILT ALONG
LA LEGISLATURA DIO PUNTAPIéS EN
THE SAN JUAN
EL DINERO Y TAN HIZO EL
CONSEJO DE CONFIANZA DE AGUA
RIVER. IN AN
DEL ESTADO.
EMERGENCY,
WATER CAN BE
EL SEGUNDO PROYECTO DE LA
FUENTE FUE CONSTRUIDO A LO
PULLED OUT OF
LARGO DE SAN JUAN RIVER.
THE RIVER, PIPED
TO THE
RESERVIOR AND
EN UNA EMERGENCIA, EL AGUA
THEN PUMPED TO
PUEDE SER SACADA DEL RíO,
THE NEARBY
WATER
TREATMENT
PLANT.
.Barker: "That's the
LLEVADO AL RESERVIOR Y BOMBEADO
A WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
way its supposed to
CERCANA.
work. However, the
second source project
was doomed to fail
from the very
beginning and
everyone knew it. The
culprit? Mud. You see
all the silt in the river,
especially after a
SIN EMBARGO, EL SEGUNDO
heavy rainfall, renders
PROYECTO DE LA FUENTE ERA
CONDENADO A FALLAR DESDE EL
PRINCIPIO Y TODOS LO SABíAN.
UD. VE TODO EL LéGAMO EN EL
RíO,
DESPUéS DE UNA PRECIPITACIóN
this multi million dollar
PESADA, DA
project virtually
useless."
.Fuqua: "Q. If you
had to rely on this
as your emergency
water supply for
Bloomfield, what
SI UD. TUVIERA QUE CONFIAR EN
would happen? A.
ESTO COMO SU ABASTECIMIENTO DE
AGUA DE EMERGENCIA PARA
BLOOMFIELD,
Well it would do a
3QUé PASARíA?
lot of damage in
one day. Just in the
amount of silt that
BIEN ESTO CAUSARíA MUCHO DAñO
we would have to
EN UN DíA.
remove from that
one day would be
staggering. ... Plus
SóLO EN CANTIDAD DEL LéGAMO QUE
the damage it would
TENDRíAMOS QUE QUITAR DE QUE
UN DíA SE TAMBALEARíA.
do to the pipes, the
impellers at the
TAMBIéN EL DAñO ESTO HARíA A
plant, the filters, it
LOS TUBOS,
would be very
costly to the
LAS ASPAS EN LA PLANTA, LOS
citizens."
FILTROS,
SERíA COSTOSO A LOS CIUDADANOS.
IN FACT, WELL
BEFORE THE
PROJECT WAS
EVEN BUILT,
DE HECHO, BIEN ANTES DE QUE EL
PROYECTO FUERA HASTA
ENGINEERS
CONSTRUIDO,
WARNED THAT
SILT IN THE WATER
CAN BE "VERY
DETRIMENTAL" TO
EQUIPMENT AND
THE ABRASIVE
MUD WILL BE A
"SIGNIFICANT
CONCERN".
ENGINEERS NOTED
THE WATER
QUALITY AT THIS
PLACE IS QUOTE,
LOS INGENIEROS ADVIRTIERON QUE
POOR. THE
EL LéGAMO EN EL AGUA PUEDE SER
PERJUDICIAL "PARA EL EQUIPO Y
PROJECT WAS
EL BARRO ABRASIVO SERá" UNA
PREOCUPACIóN SIGNIFICATIVA ".
BUILT HERE
LOS INGENIEROS NOTARON QUE LA
ANYWAY. DAVID
CALIDAD ACUáTICA EN ESTE LUGAR
FUQUA TOOK
POBRE.
OVER AS CITY
MANAGER AFTER
SECOND SOURCE
WAS BUILT.
.Fuqua: " In a meeting
we had, one of the
engineers made the
FUQUA: EN UNA REUNIóN
TENíAMOS,
comment, that this
didn't turn out like I
UNO DE LOS INGENIEROS HIZO EL
COMENTARIO,
thought it would. And
ESTO COMO EL CUAL ESTO NO
that kind of surprised
RESULTó PENSé QUE ESTO IBA.
me. Q. Did your jaw
drop? A. Pretty much."
.Barker: Welcome to
BARKER : BIENVENIDOS
the Largo Wash, six
miles upstream from
Bloomfield's Second
Source."
EL LARGO SE LAVA, 6 MILLAS RíO
ARRIBA DE BLOOMFIELD ES LA
SEGUNDA FUENTE.
AFTER A HEAVY
RAIN, TONS OF
MUD FLOODS INTO
THE RIVER AT THIS
SPOT."
.Fuqua: "Q. You have a
DESPUéS DE UNA LLUVIA FUERTE,
LAS TONELADAS DEL BARRO SE
DESBORDAN EN EL RíO EN ESTE
one point seven
PUNTO.
FUQUA: Q.
million dollar
emergency water
system that is not
dependable. What's it
going to cost to make
this thing dependable?
UD. TIENE UN SISTEMA ACUáTICO
A. We were told by the
DE EMERGENCIA DE 1,70 MILLONES
DóLARES QUE NO ES SERIO.
same engineers that
built it, it would be five
and a half, six million
to fix it. Q. David, it
only cost 1.7 million to
build it in the first
Q DAVID, ESTO SóLO COSTó 1,70
MILLONES PARA CONSTRUIRLO EN
place. And its going to
EL PRIMER
LUGAR.
be 5 to 6 million to fix
it? A. That's what we
were told."
WHO ACCEPTS
RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE
MISTAKES THAT
RENDERED THIS
PROJECT
PRACTICALLY
USELESS? THE
ENGINEERING
FIRM HIRED BY
3QUIéN ACEPTA LA
RESPONSABILIDAD DE LOS ERRORES
QUE DIERON ESTE PROYECTO
BLOOMFIELD IS
PRáCTICAMENTE INúTIL?
SOUDER MILLER.
PROJECT
ENGINEER DOUG
MIZE REFUSED
COMMENT.
SOUDER MILLER'S
CEO PETER FANT
DID NOT RETURN
PHONE CALLS. THE
FANT DE PETER DE DIRECTOR
GENERAL DE MILLER DE SOUDER NO
DEVOLVIó LLAMADAS
STATE ENGINEER
TELEFóNICAS.
TOLD US THEY
HAD NO
OVERSIGHT
RESPONSIBILITY.
THE ENVIRONMENT
EL INGENIERO ESTATAL NOS DIJO
DEPARTMENT SAID
QUE ELLOS NO TENíAN NINGUNA
ALL THEY DID WAS
RESPONSABILIDAD DE DESCUIDO.
ISSUE PERMITS.
THE WATER TRUST
BOARD SAID,
UNTIL OUR CALL,
THEY WERE
UNAWARE THE
MULTI MILLION
DOLLAR PROJECT
WAS TROUBLED.
BLOOMFIELD'S
CURRENT
ADMINISTRATION
BLAMES THE LAST
ADMINISTRATION.
STATE SENATOR
STEVE NEVILLE
BLOOMFIELD ES LAS CULPAS DE
ADMINISTRACIóN CORRIENTES LA
SPONSORED A
úLTIMA ADMINISTRACIóN.
HALF MILLION
DOLLAR
APPROPRIATION
TO HELP FUND THE
PROJECT.
.Neville: "The problem
should have been
identified. City staff
should have seen it. If
they didn't see it, the
EL PERSONAL DE CIUDAD DEBERíA
HABERLO VISTO.
design engineers
should have seen it
and I understand that
they did but they
pointed it out and they
felt they could work
SI ELLOS NO LO VIERAN, LOS
INGENIEROS DE DISEñO DEBERíAN
around it. The
HABERLO VISTO Y ENTIENDO QUE
ELLOS HICIERON.
PERO ELLOS LO INDICARON Y ELLOS
SINTIERON QUE ELLOS PODRíAN
contractor probably
TRABAJAR ALREDEDOR DE ELLO.
was qualified to see
that this could have
been a problem, and
the state
environmental people
EL CONTRATISTA PROBABLEMENTE
FUE CALIFICADO PARA VER QUE
were also involved in
ESTO PODRíA HABER SIDO UN
PROBLEMA,
the various permitting
as I understand it. So
there's at least four
four people, four
Y LA GENTE AMBIENTAL ESTATAL
entities along there
TAMBIéN ESTUVO IMPLICADA EN
VARIA PERMISIóN CUANDO LO
that should have
ENTIENDO.
picked up on this. Now
how the project got
fully built and
implemented, in this
current state, I can't
AHORA COMO EL PROYECTO FUE
TOTALMENTE CONSTRUIDO Y PUSO
EN PRáCTICA,
tell you. That's a
puzzle I haven't
EN ESTE ESTADO CORRIENTE, NO
PUEDO DECIRLE.
unwound yet."
.Barker: "Everyone
admits there isn't any
money to fix this
mess. Until something
can be done about all
BARKER : TODOS CONFIESAN QUE NO
HAY NINGúN DINERO PARA
that mud clogging the
ARREGLAR ESTE LíO.
system here, this 2
million dollar
boondoggle isn't much
HASTA QUE ALGO PUEDA SER HECHO
SOBRE TODO QUE BARRO QUE
of an emergency water
OBSTRUYE EL SISTEMA AQUí,
source. But it sure
makes for one heck of
ESTA ACTIVIDAD DE $2 MILLONES
a swell swimming
DE NINGúN VALOR NO ES LA MAYOR
PARTE DE UNA FUENTE ACUáTICA
hole. Larry Barker,
DE EMERGENCIA.
KRQE News 13."
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