EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Santa Teresa Industrial Arsenic Treatment Facility (STIATF) has passed its most recent arsenic test, the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) said in a press release on Wednesday, June 4.
The CRRUA says the STIATF’s most recent arsenic tests are at 6.9 parts per billion (ppb), which is below the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Maximum Contaminate Level (MCL) for arsenic of 10 ppb.
The CRRUA says the latest result is from samples taken on Wednesday, May 21.
In CRRUA’s voluntary monthly arsenic tests for April, results for the STIATF were at 12 ppb. Two voluntary follow-up tests by CRRUA were 12 ppb on May 6 and 8 ppb on May 14, the utility said.
The STIATF is one of four arsenic treatment facilities operated by the CRRUA.
CRRUA says its four Arsenic Treatment Facilities (ATFs) are currently compliant based on the New Mexico Environment Department’s Running Annual Average (RAA).
“It is a proactive process we undertake to keep our customers constantly informed about water quality,” said CRRUA Executive Director Juan Crosby. “We post arsenic test results on the CRRUA website at crrua.org and on the CRRUA Facebook page.”
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