Residents call wellhead site an eyesore

el pasoans are expected to maintain their properties … shouldn’t utilities have to do the same? cielo vista residents are fed up with the appearance of a well-head site owned by el paso water utilities … located on the corner of cosmos and catnip streets. abc-7’s darren hunt, who lives in the neighborhood, is live will details … darren. rick/estela, it’s a neighborhood eyesore … arguably the worst-looking property in the area! and my neighbors want something done about it. “how long have you lived here?” “seven years. “has this been like this th entire time?” “it has as long as i’ve bee here.” ashley pedregon is fed up. she’s tired of this e-p-w-u well head site looking like this! “i do see them working out here so they should be able to come out here no problem.” “so they’re aware of it?” “oh definitely, they see this all the time.” “so they see it sometimes, bu you have to see it all the time?” “every day, every day when i’ watering my grass.” she’s not the only one upset. “i’ve lived here eight years. “has this been like this th entire time?” “uh, yes, actually my neighbors have called and complained and complained.” “are you tired of looking a that?” “yes, yes i am, and i think it’ a shame, because it’s the water company, it’s a public entity and they should be a model to our community and take care of this on a periodic basis.” “in addition to neighbors calling el paso water utilities with no results, i too called this number on this sign here at the well head site about a half dozen times over the past couple of weeks … i got no answer and was not given the opportunity to leave a message.” epwu told me they maintain more than 150 well head sites across the city. they sent us this statement: “as neighborhoods continue to develop, we want to keep aesthetics in mind and are considering improvements at these sites on a case by case basis.” in the short term, they have agreed to clean up the area. “i guess they have priorities, don’t know that they are, but i guess being a clean city ain’t it.” e-p-w-u told me many of these well head sites were built more than 50 years ago. they said the barbed-wire fencing is part of the standards set by the texas commission on environmental quality in order to keep our water supply safe and secure. rick? yet another blistering hot day in the borderland. here’s a live look at the