Wastewater




The City of Belen Wastewater Division is responsible for the collection and treatment of all wastewater within our service area in accordance with federal, state and local laws.

The division provides the following services:

  • Wastewater administration
  • Sanitary sewer collection and sewer system cleaning
  • Wastewater Treatment Plant operation
  • Wastewater laboratory
  • Fiscal reporting
  • Pipeline video inspection
  • Monitoring of 21 lift stations

The Belen Wastewater Treatment Plant has a processing capacity of 1.2 million gallons a day. They currently process 0.6 million gallons of wastewater.

The wastewater treatment plant is staffed with six operators and the wastewater director.

Contact

Report a Problem
On-Call Cell Phone: (505) 966-6854
Non-Emergency Dispatch: (505) 865-9130

Hours

Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm

Jeffrey Gatewood

Wastewater Director (505) 966-2580