# Doña Ana County Allocates Jupiter Water Funds

On November 10, 2026, the Doña Ana County Board of County Commissioners approved up to $3 million from Project Jupiter’s $10 million community-benefits payment for water-tank cleaning and refurbishment in Sunland Park, and established an application process for roughly $7 million in remaining water and wastewater funding. The application deadline is December 10, 2026, with amendments allowing hardship requests, flexible payment arrangements such as authorized construction drawdowns, and extensions for unforeseen delays. No awards were made from the remaining funds at this meeting. Separately, the county approved construction actions for Chaparral projects and plans to notify Project Jupiter’s developers of a potential contract breach over missed job-report deadlines, raising execution and compliance concerns for the project.

- Applicants seeking a share of the remaining water and wastewater funds have until **December 10, 2026** to apply; the revised process allows hardship requests and flexible payment arrangements.
- The county approved a **$2,368,223** Chaparral Fire Station No. 44 addition and renovation contract with Construction to Build X LLC, and increased Smith & Smith Co. Construction’s Chaparral wastewater contract by $192,576.60 to a not-to-exceed total of $8,593,662.57.
- The potential breach notice concerns missed Project Jupiter job-report deadlines, not a new procurement. Contractors and applicants should distinguish this compliance issue from the county’s separately opened funding application process.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Energy & Utilities, Public Safety
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding
**Published:** November 11, 2026

### Government Entities
- Doña Ana County Board of County Commissioners
- Doña Ana County
- City of Sunland Park
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

### Vendors
- Construction to Build X LLC (awardee)
- Smith & Smith Co. Construction (contractor)
- J29 Enterprises LLC (contractor)
- James Corporation (contractor)

### Sources
- [Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting  - November 10, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JTiDnMoC_s) - Doña Ana County Government
- [Doña Ana County warns Project Jupiter of contract breach](https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/county/2026/11/11/doa-ana-county-warns-project-jupiter-of-contract-breach/92717589007) - Las Cruces Sun-News