Our Water, Our Future: Eastern NM Water Utility Authority

05/11/2026

📢 ENMWUA Announcement 📢

The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority (ENMWUA) has secured $77 million in federal funding to help complete the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System (ENMRWS)!

This major milestone brings us closer to delivering reliable, renewable surface water to Clovis, Cannon Air Force Base, Portales, Texico, and Elida.

This investment is critical to the long-term sustainability, growth, and resilience of our region. 💧

👉 Read the full news release:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53d286dee4b0d2c0c0ec049e/t/6a01fd64b8b09d2cf6c6c52b/1778515300390/News+Release+-+ENMWUA+SECURES+%2477+MILLION+IN+FEDERAL+FUNDING+TO+COMPLETE+ENMRWS.pdf

For more information, contact us at [email protected].

04/16/2026

📢 ENMWUA Board Meeting – April 23, 2026

Join us Thursday at 2:00 PM at Texico Community Building for our monthly board meeting. We’ll cover financials, project updates, and key action items.

Full agendas are always available at: https://www.enmwua.com/agendas

Public attendance is welcome!

02/27/2026

💧 A Historic Day for Texico! ✨

On February 25, 2026, the ENMWUA celebrated an important milestone for our region with the groundbreaking of the Texico Lateral.

This project represents years of vision, perseverance, and partnership. Communities, elected officials, federal and state agencies, and local leaders have worked together to make long‑term water security a reality for eastern New Mexico.

The Texico Lateral is especially meaningful because it will be ENMWUA’s first in‑use phase and will begin delivering water to Texico as soon as construction is complete.

We extend our appreciation to Mayor Deborah Autrey, Texico’s leadership team, and Max Carter, Texico City Councilman and ENMWUA Board representative, whose dedication and steady leadership have helped bring this project to life.

Projects like the Ute Pipeline succeed because our region stands together. Congratulations to Texico on this exciting milestone! The work we’re doing today builds a stronger, more water‑secure future for generations to come.

💙 Eastern New Mexico is stronger when we move forward together.

02/23/2026

📢 ENMWUA Board Meeting – Feb. 26

Join us Thursday at 3:00 PM at ENMWUA Headquarters (5140 N. Prince St.) for our monthly board meeting. We’ll cover financials, project updates, and key action items.

Full agendas are always available at: https://www.enmwua.com/agendas

Public attendance is welcome!

02/11/2026

12/22/2025

📢 ENMWUA Board Meeting Schedule – Join Us!

The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority (ENMWUA) Board meets regularly, and we welcome your participation!
✅ Agendas are posted on our website the Monday prior to each meeting: www.enmwua.com
✅ Want agendas emailed to you? If you’d like to be added to our Interested Party email list and receive the agenda the Monday before the meeting, please email us at [email protected].

Stay connected and help us build a sustainable water future for Eastern New Mexico!

11/21/2025

📢 ENMWUA Announcement 📢

The ENMWUA is proud to announce Mark Howl as our new Executive Director! 🎉

A little about Mr. Howl:
Mark Howl grew up and was raised in Portales, NM from first grade to graduation. He began his journey in Las Cruces at NMSU where he started working for UPS and received an engineering degree. He was promoted into leadership within UPS and later received his MBA at the Anderson School of Management at UNM. PepsiCo came calling which provided an opportunity to move to the East Coast where he worked for many years in different operations/logistics type capacities across the United States. He then made a move for Sysco Foods where he ultimately became the Vice President of Operations in Virginia Beach, VA before deciding to come back home to Portales. Mark has two daughters, Taylor who is in operations/sales in Orlando, FL and Carson who resides in New York, NY as a fashion model.

Read the full press release here:https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53d286dee4b0d2c0c0ec049e/t/6920d8600784a607dfe12714/1763760224886/Eastern+New+Mexico+Water+Utility+Authority+Hires+Mark+Howl+as+Executive+Director.pdf

Join us in welcoming Mark to the team! 👏