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Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1994.tb06190.x
Subject(s) - business , corporation , water supply , commission , audit , service (business) , economic shortage , state (computer science) , finance , agricultural economics , marketing , engineering , accounting , environmental engineering , economics , government (linguistics) , algorithm , computer science , linguistics , philosophy
For nearly a century, Cerrillos Water and Irrigation Company (CWIC) supplied water to the rural New Mexico village of Cerrillos. By 1990, CWIC served 77 customers via a water pipeline. It also provided service to about 60 customers who hauled water from CWIC's valve house to their homes. Because of a shortage of maintenance funds, CWIC's water supply system gradually fell into a state of disrepair and eventually ceased to supply water effectively. El Vadito de los Cerrillos Water Association (VCWA), a nonprofit corporation organized under the state Sanitary Projects Act (SPA), agreed to purchase CWIC's existing water supply facilities. Thus, CWIC asked the state Public Service Commission (PSC) for permission to abandon water service to its customers and transfer its facilities to VCWA. The PSC based approval of the application on whether VCWA agreed to offer membership in its association to currently excluded water haulers. VCWA refused membership to the water haulers, and the PSC found it in violation of the order.