Residents say water outage is 'ongoing problem'

SOME MORIARTY RESIDENTS SAY STARTING YESTERDAY.... THEY DIDN'T HAVE A DROP OF IT. AS JOE VIGIL ...  More »

SOME MORIARTY RESIDENTS SAY STARTING YESTERDAY.... THEY DIDN'T HAVE A DROP OF IT. AS JOE VIGIL SHOWS US-- NEIGHBORS SAY IT'S AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT'S BEING IGNORED. YOU TURN ON YOUR FAUCET FOR A DRINK --OR TO COOK. WATER COMES OUT AND LIFE CONTINUES. LIFE ISN'T QUITE THAT SIMPLE FOR DANIELLE AND DOUG JOHNSTON AND OTHERS JUST OUTSIDE MORIARTY CITY LIMITS. 'People haven't been able to wash clothes, they haven't been able to use their bathrooms, all of those things we take for granted.''This is just water we had on hand.' WATER THEY'RE POURING INTO THE TOILET SO IT WILL FLUSH. 'In the morning there's the shower but it won't be of any use or the toilet or the sink or the tooth brushes.'THE JOHNSTON'S JUST WANT WHAT OTHER NEW MEXICANS HAVE. 'Let us have water every day with sufficient pressure to run our lives.'THE JOHNSTON'S ARE ON THE INDIAN HILLS WATERWORKS SYSTEM. THEY HAVEN'T HAD WATER SINCE YESTERDAY. AND THINK ABOUT 250 TO 300 OTHERS ON THE SYSTEM HAVEN'T EITHER. THEY BELIEVE THE SYSTEM IS OVERBURDENED, AND NOT WELL MAINTAINED. THEY SAY THIS HAPPENS OVER AND OVER AGAIN... AND SAY REPEATED CALLS TO THE WATER COMPANY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO QUENCH THEIR THIRST. 'And there is no sense of urgency, no sense of ethical responsibility, no sense of concern for your fellow human being.' INDIAN HILLS WATERWORKS OFFICIALS SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TALK ON CAMERA BUT TOLD US WATER WOULD BE BACK ON BY 4PM. WE GOT BACK TO THE JOHNSTON'S AND THEY TOLD US WATER WAS BACK ON BY ABOUT 3:30---BUT THE PRESSURE WASN'T STRONG ENOUGH TO RUN THEIR HOT WATER HEATER. WE MADE A CALL TO INDIAN HILLS ABOUT COMPLAINTS ...BUT SO FAR WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK.  « Less