Contractors building border wall ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico
Construction crews building a border wall in New Mexico were drilling wells to get water for making concrete, but they did this without state permits. Local ranchers objected because they said the pumping could threaten their livestock's water supply in an area experiencing drought. The Trump administration then ordered the crews to stop drilling.
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2 developments- Aug 3Contractors building border wall ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico
- Aug 4State threatens penalties for unauthorized wells related to border wall
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