Buckman Direct Diversion – Home Page Update

Santa Fe’s water usage hits another new low

SANTA FE, N.M. — Santa Fe’s per capita water usage, which has gained national recognition as being among the lowest in the country, again has plummeted to a new low. Alan Hook, a water resources analyst with the city, said […]

Home Page Update 16.02.16

BDD Board selects new citizen board members

The BDD Board of Directors selected Denise Fort as the new citizen at-large member at the February board meeting. Her term will begin with the March board meeting. “Ms. Fort brings a valued perspective, an extensive knowledge base and will […]

Home Page Update 12.01.16

BDD Citizen Board Member Interviews Set for January

The Interviews for the BDD Citizen Board Members are scheduled as follows: January 21, Thursday City Hall Conference Room 4 pm Denise Fort January 22, Friday City Hall Conference Room 1-1:45 pm Doug Sayre 2-2:45 pm JC Helms […]

Home Page Update 24.11.15

PUBLIC NOTICE: Seeking Citizen Member and Alternate Member for Buckman Direct Diversion Board

The Buckman Direct Diversion Board (“Board”) is seeking interested Santa Fe community members to serve on the Board. The Board is a Joint Powers Act entity consisting of the City of Santa Fe and Santa Fe County and oversees Buckman […]

Home Page Update 06.10.15

Public Health Emergency in Flint No Concern for Santa Fe Water Consumers

October 6, 2015 Public Utilities Seeks to Assure Residents, Customers of Water Quality Santa Fe, NM – The City of Santa Fe Public Utilities Division would like to assure Santa Fe City and County water customers that recent public health emergency […]

Home Page Update 22.09.15

PUBLIC NOTICE: BDD Request for Proposal, Litigation Counsel

PUBLIC NOTICE Buckman Direct Diversion REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Litigation Counsel for the BDD Board on matters related to Construction and Design RFP # ’16/12/P PROPOSAL DUE: October 6, 2015 2 P.M. City of Santa Fe Purchasing Office 2651 Siringo Road, […]

Home Page Update 25.08.15

Goat weed-trimmers are hard at work

Jackie Jadrnak / Journal North Reporter PUBLISHED: Monday, August 24, 2015 at 5:25 pm Around 60 goats and a couple sheep are busy making lunch out of weeds around the 1.5 megawatt solar array that helps power Buckman Direct Diverson’s […]

Home Page Update 21.08.15

Goatscaping: A Sustainable, Greener Option at BDD’s Solar Array

Buckman Direct Diversion (BDD) has a new team of landscape workers tackling the fields of weeds at the Booster Station 2A (BS2A) solar array. This team doesn’t require health insurance or retirement benefits either! Our hard workers include 45 goats, […]

Home Page Update 11.08.15

Santa Fe Drinking Water is Safe and Unaffected by Contaminated Mine Wastewater Flows

Buckman Direct Diversion (BDD) and the City of Santa Fe would like to assure Santa Fe water customers that recent concerns of the Gold King mine wastewater contamination leaking into the San Juan River will not reach our drinking water […]

Home Page Update 08.06.15

Maintenance Occurs at the BDD Intake Structure

Diversion Intake maintenance, Crane Buckman Direct Diversion was offline for a few weeks while staff and contractors worked to repair the intake screens, cells and air burst systems before the high snowmelt runoff in the Rio Grande was in full swing. […]

Home Page Update 08.06.15

Diversion Overview

BDD Intake Structure Overview 2015