Posted on: May 26, 2022
Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) Mission: Providing reliable, safe, and cost-effective utility service to customers in the Las Cruces area. The LCU Internship Program is a competitive program that awards Internships to students currently pursuing an As...
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Posted on: May 24, 2022
Welcome back to the annual Las Cruces Utilities Spring Stroll in the Garden from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, May 26, 2022 at the Las Cruces Utilities Building, 680 N. Motel Boulevard. Come out to the garden, have some coffee and pastries while you l...
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Posted on: May 22, 2022
By Cassie McClure
Published in Las Cruces Sun-News 5.22.22
If you missed Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) seeking takers of their annual survey at the Farmer’s Market downtown last weekend, you’re in luck - the survey will be hitting a mailbox...
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Posted on: May 15, 2022
By C.T. Barnes
Published in Las Cruces Sun-News 05.15.22
What do you know about decarbonization? For Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) customers it’s a word you are going to hear a lot about and it will change things for the better.
In approving...
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Posted on: May 13, 2022
By Cassie McClure
Published in Las Cruces Bulletin 05.13.22
The future of water in our region will include innovative methods that account for our population growth, like looking at how to treat salty water that may exist deeper underground. El Paso Water (...
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Posted on: May 8, 2022
By Cassie McClure
Published in Las Cruces Sun-News 05.08.22
When property owners called 811 to find the locations of any underground utilities lines before they would dig and maybe hit them, Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) would have two specific teams come loca...
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Posted on: May 17, 2022
Residences and businesses in the east Lohman area, may experience discolored water between 9 p.m. Thursday May 19, 2022, and 4 a.m. Friday, May 20, 2022. The City of Las Cruces, Water Section will be performing a fire flow test in the e...
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Posted on: May 6, 2022
By Cassie McClure
Published in Las Cruces Bulletin 5.06.22
If it’s a Monday, Wednesday, or a Friday, it’s a day to make the rounds for a crew of six in the Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) Water Production program. Each of the six has their ow...
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Posted on: May 1, 2022
By G.H. Scott
Published in Las Cruces Sun-News 05.01.22
By now you have heard the news that the City Council approved Las Cruces Utilities’ (LCU) request to update natural gas rates in order to meet operational needs of the system. What you may no...
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Posted on: April 29, 2022
By Cassie McClure
Published in Las Cruces Bulletin 04.29.2022
If you’re looking for help paying your utility bill, you might be eligible for relief funds. New Mexico residents have a new program that can help low-income households. New Mexico Huma...
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Posted on: April 24, 2022
By Cassie McClure
Published in Las Cruces Sun-News 4.24.2022
Two years ago, Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) engaged a community-led Water Conservation Steering Committee (WCSC) to give feedback on its long-term water plans and suggestions for steps LCU can take ...
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Posted on: April 15, 2022
By Cassie McClure
Published in Las Cruces Bulletin 4.15.2022
There are over 700 miles of water pipes throughout the city and it’s up to Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) to make sure that when residents or business owners reach for the tap, safe, clean, ...
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Posted on: April 17, 2022
By Cassie McClure
Published in Las Cruces Sun-News 4.17.2022
Just as sewer lines weave their way through the City of Las Cruces (City), it wasn’t a straight line for Laura Montoya to become the new Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) Deputy Director of Was...
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Posted on: April 22, 2022
By Cassie McClure
Published in Las Cruces Bulletin 4.22.2022
It’s 8 a.m., and two crews from Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) are already set up at two locations on opposite sides of town. It’s part of LCU’s Water line of business, e...
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Posted on: April 10, 2022
By Cassie McClure
Published in: Las Cruces Bulletin (Sun News) 04.10.22
Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) welcomes a new deputy director for Solid Waste Collections to its team. Coming from Colorado, Carl Pierce joined LCU in March, but is still adjusting to the s...
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Posted on: April 8, 2022
By Cassie McClure
Published in Las Cruces Bulletin 4.08.22
Las Cruces Utilities has a new deputy director of water who has worked his way through different stages of utility work and is now eager to continue his service to Las Cruces and its residents.&...
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Posted on: April 3, 2022
By Cassie McClure
Published in Las Cruces Sun-News 4.03.22
For Las Cruces to move toward sustainable energy sources, it will take an adjustment for not only residents but for all departments within the City of Las Cruces (City), which will have to...
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Posted on: April 1, 2022
By Cassie McClure
Published in Las Cruces Bulletin 4.01.22
Even though Las Cruces did see snow recently, spring has officially sprung into our lives – since Sunday, March 20! Plenty of residents will see the start of spring and the inching upward ...
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Posted on: March 27, 2022
By Kelly Koepke
Published in Las Cruces Sun-News 3.27.2022
In its 32nd year, the WERC Environmental Design Contest organized by the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University and co-sponsored by Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) brings industry, governm...
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