Edgewood community without water for past 2 months
The Melody Ranch community in Edgewood has been without water for nearly two months, and they can’t get any answers from their water company.
EDGEWOOD, N.M. – The Melody Ranch community in Edgewood has been without water for nearly two months, and they can’t get any answers from their water company.
Faucets, showers, and toilets are all completely dry.
“I can’t even brush my teeth without using a bottled water and I can’t do the dishes,” said Shelbee Geyer. “We’re having to go to another location to take showers. I should be able to come home and take a shower and do my laundry.”
There’s not even water to keep swamp coolers running, which most homes in the area rely on as we get into the dog days of summer.
“We can’t even cool our houses and with the extreme heat, I’m afraid that there’s gonna be heat exhaustion and heat stroke is gonna start setting in on some of these elderly folks,” said Roy McClellan.
Another big concern is that fire hydrants in the neighborhood have no water in them. Some residents are worried because Torrance County doesn’t have any restrictions on fireworks for the Fourth of July weekend and there’s a lot of dry vegetation in the area.
“What I ask is my fellow neighbors is to use common sense practices on the use of fireworks since we have no water to fight any fires that occur,” said McClellan.
Neighbors say they’ve tried to contact the Melody Ranch Water Company, but have gotten no answers. Instead, they’ve received numerous excuses from issues with water pumps and tanks to accusations the fire department is using too much water.
Amber Hernandez says this situation has added even more worry to her husband’s recent cancer diagnosis.
“So he has two 13 inch incisions on his back from Friday that we’re supposed to be keeping clean. We can’t keep it clean because there’s no water. We’re having to go to my office, which is at a school. Thank the Lord, I have a shower there,” Hernandez said
Some residents have said that despite not having any water, their recent water bills have increased. Others say their next step is reaching out to state officials like the Attorney General’s Office to try and get help.
KOB 4 tried reaching out to the Melody Ranch Water Company and did not receive any response.