Contractors building border wall ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico
2 sources·Updated August 4, 2026
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- Guardian AU Headlines·1h agoCrews building Trump border wall in drought-hit New Mexico ordered to stop drilling wells
Residents and farmers say contractors have tapped border aquifers that threaten water supply for those nearby Construction crews building a border wall in New Mexico were ordered to stop drilling new wells after ranchers said that pumping groundwater to produce concrete could…
Read at Guardian AU Headlines → - Independent World·3h agoContractors building border wall ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico
Customs and Border Protection has ordered construction crews building Trump’s second border wall to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico after ranchers said pumping the groundwater needed to mix cement could threaten their livestock
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