New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology has begun delivering water to the town. The university in Socorro has a productive well and is sending water by way of a 3,000-gallon tanker truck.
those living in Magdalena had the option to sign up to receive two 16-ounce bottles of water per person per day.
"No. I personally did not (see this coming)," said Marshal Larry Cearley.
"No forewarning, nothing," said Darrell Pettis, of Magdalena.
"No one had any idea that the pump was not going to continue," Cearley asserts.