{"id":263397,"date":"2026-04-23T22:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/263397\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:11:16","slug":"el-paso-water-updates-on-cement-lake-dam-mitigation-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/263397\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso Water updates on Cement Lake dam mitigation efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:KTSM;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 El Paso Water is continuing mitigation work on a potential risk of a dam breach at Cement Lake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The utility company will provide an update on Thursday, April 23, regarding the work. KTSM 9 News will be live-streaming the press conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As KTSM previously reported, crews began working to reduce pressure on the dam to \u201cprevent overflow from impacting the nearby roadways, including Paisano and Doniphan Drives,\u201d according to EP Water on Wednesday, April 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/ep-water-monitoring-potential-dam-233335263.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:EP Water monitoring potential dam breach risk at Cement Lake;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> EP Water monitoring potential dam breach risk at Cement Lake <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The El Paso Police Department is aiding the utility company with various road closures on Paisano, Doniphan and Loop 375, which include:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Loop 375 eastbound at Race Track exit<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Loop 375 eastbound at Paisano<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Loop 375 westbound at Doniphan<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">West and eastbound lanes of Doniphan at Race Track<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">West and eastbound lanes Doniphan at Paisano<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">McNutt at River Levee Road<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EP Water said the road closures will remain in place until technical advances are complete or mitigation efforts sufficiently reduce the risk. A spokesperson with EPPD said they anticipate the closures to last 24 to 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The EPWater Administration Building is closed to visitors until further notice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 El Paso Water is continuing mitigation work on a potential risk of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[98670,44741,138,140,139,2263,5768,52453,498,98671,336,41594,16438],"class_list":{"0":"post-263397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-doniphan-drives","9":"tag-eastbound-lanes","10":"tag-el-paso","11":"tag-el-paso-headlines","12":"tag-el-paso-news","13":"tag-el-paso-police-department","14":"tag-el-paso-water","15":"tag-ep-water","16":"tag-ktsm","17":"tag-mitigation-efforts","18":"tag-paisano","19":"tag-road-closures","20":"tag-utility-company"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}