SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) The federal government is providing $360,000 in financing to improve water systems serving rural residents in Dona Ana and Otero counties. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced loans on Wednesday of $266,000 for the Timberon Water and Sanitation District and $94,000 for the Desert Aire Mutual Domestic Water and Sewer Works Association.
Timberon is a small community in the Sacramento Mountains near Alamogordo. Desert Aire is a subdivision near Chaparral in Dona Ana County.
The financing in New Mexico is part of $203 million the Agriculture Department is providing for 74 water and wastewater projects in 40 states.
