Once down to less than a month of drinkable water, reservoirs for the city of Las Vegas, New Mexico, are full, according to Mayor Louie Trujillo, but efforts to prevent a future water crisis continue.

"We are moving just as fast as we can to make sure that our citizens will have plenty of water,” Trujillo told KOAT 7 News. “I think we can say the government knows how important it is to provide water to our citizens.”

Las Vegas was almost out of drinkable water in August 2022 after watersheds were contaminated when the monsoon season sent debris from the burn scar left by the devastating Calf Canyon Hermits Peak fire.

"The river was coming down with sediments and many turbidities, so we weren't able to treat that type of water," City Manager Leo Maestas told KOAT 7 News.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) declared a state of emergency, and the city began working to find solutions. The first was to ask residents to limit their consumption.

"The average American uses around 100 to 150 gallons a day,” Trujillo said. “We were asking our citizens to use far less.”

Another solution was to seek funds from the federal government. A total of $3.95 billion was allocated to help wildfire and flood victims and $140 million to fight the water crisis. Additional federal money will be used to upgrade water treatment facilities to handle burnt debris.

Las Vegas recently received $2.6 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is in charge of distributing the funds. FEMA will also have $3.95 billion available to support victims of the fire and flooding through their new Hermits Peak Calf Canyon claims office, which is scheduled to open in March. The ultimate goal is to avoid another water crisis.

"Our treatment centers will be able to be reconstructed to treat the type of waters that we're seeing now in the river," Maestas said, according to KOAT 7 News.