Water is a very big concern for the people of Sunland Park. Jose Saldaña was protesting against the project before the meeting.
“We’re in a drought of water and we are going to be in a worse spot 20-30 years from now. We already have a landfill that is contaminate, we have Asarco and we have the power plant, it’s not right for the community,” Saldaña said.
The project will be running on a closed loop cooling system according to projectjupitertogether.com.
Stack Infrastructure personnel told the community that they will not be using much water because the system will only need a one-time fill of 10 million gallons of water.
Sunland Park resident, Albert Ibarra believes the project will bring jobs and opportunities to the area.
“I believe it’s a great project, but I also have my cons against it which is the water, just like the frustration that everyone is sharing, that’s my frustration too- job security, water system. Are they really going to do what they’re talking about- right?” Ibarra said.
The last meeting is happening today in Hatch in the Placitas Community Center at 5:30 p.m. The Doña Ana Board of County Commissioners will hold a final vote on Project Jupiter during a public hearing on September 19th.
