Showers, Water Available to AVW Customers

Monday, June 20, 2016 at 12:00 AM

• McGee Park RV fill stations open all hours – after 5pm go around the parking area (toward the Colosseum) to the guard station for assistance • City of Aztec RV fill station on Chaco Street in front of the Aztec Police Department – open all hours • McGee Park Showers (at the Colosseum) open – 5am to 8pm • Bottled water will be available at the Animas Valley Water office – 41 RD 3900 and the McGee Park Office

From the San Juan County Office of Emergency Management:

Over the weekend some customers of the Animas Valley Water System were without water. In response to the outage, San Juan County made the following services available:
• McGee Park RV fill stations open all hours – after 5pm go around the parking area (toward the Colosseum) to the guard station for assistance
• City of Aztec RV fill station on Chaco Street in front of the Aztec Police Department – open all hours
• McGee Park Showers (at the Colosseum) open – 5am to 8pm
• Bottled water will be available at the Animas Valley Water office – 41 RD 3900 and the McGee Park Office (limited quantities – take some leave some for your neighbors)

The “Boil Water Advisory” is still in effect for those who have water from the Animas Valley Water System.
Updates are being made as they become available on the San Juan County OEM Facebook page and can be viewed on the main SJCOEM web page (www.sjcoem.com).

For more information on the NMED “Boil Water Advisory” – www.env.nm.gov
For information on San Juan County – www.sjcounty.net
For information on San Juan County Emergency Management – www.sjcoem.com
on Facebook- @oemsjc and twitter- @SanJuanCountyEM

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