New Mexico

570 Utilities
Serving: 1,877,000
Data available: 2010-2015
Contaminants Found: 73

EWG's drinking water quality report for New Mexico shows results of tests conducted by the water utilities in New Mexico and provided to EWG by the New Mexico Environment Department.

LARGE UTILITIES

ALL UTILITIES WITH VIOLATIONS

LARGE UTILITIES WITH VIOLATIONS

Below are utilities in New Mexico serving over 10,000 people, listed alphabetically.

Large utilities in New Mexico

Utility	Location	People Served
Alamogordo Domestic Water System	Alamogordo, NM	38,500
Albuquerque Water System	Albuquerque, NM	601,983
Artesia Municipal Water System	Artesia, NM	14,000
Camino Real Regional Utility Authority	Sunland Park, NM	20,881
Carlsbad Municipal Water System	Carlsbad, NM	27,000
City of Las Vegas	Las Vegas, NM	19,000
City of Santa Fe Water System	Santa Fe, NM	78,000
Deming Municipal Water System	Deming, NM	14,855
Dona Ana MDWCA	Dona Ana, NM	11,214
Epcor Water New Mexico Inc Clovis	Clovis, NM	39,508
Espanola Water System	Espanola, NM	10,495
Farmington Water System	Farmington, NM	47,000
Gallup Water System	Gallup, NM	20,209
Hobbs Municipal Water Supply	Hobbs, NM	37,877
Holloman Air Force Base	Holloman Afb, NM	13,000
Kirtland Air Force Base	Kirtland Afb, NM	22,500
Lake Section Water Company	Chaparral, NM	10,839
Las Cruces Municipal Water System	Las Cruces, NM	93,030
Los Alamos Municipal Water System	Los Alamos, NM	25,000
Los Lunas Water System	Los Lunas, NM	14,284
Lovington Municipal Water Supply	Lovington, NM	13,588
New Mexico State University	Las Cruces, NM	24,302
Portales Water System	Portales, NM	14,097
Rio Rancho Water and Waterworks Services	Rio Rancho, NM	87,000
Roswell Municipal Water System	Roswell, NM	49,000
Ruidoso Water System	Ruidoso, NM	30,000
Silver City Water System	Silver City, NM	15,745
University of New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM	35,000

Utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of October 2015 to September 2018 in New Mexico

The Environmental Protection Agency's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database collects compliance and enforcement-related information for drinking water utilities nationwide. ECHO water quality violation scores take into account federal health-based water quality standards, as well as monitoring, reporting and other drinking water quality requirements. Points are accrued based on specific problems at the utility - violations of health-based drinking water standards receive more points than monitoring and reporting violations - and the length of time until the violations were corrected.

Utility	Location	People Served	Violation Points
Glen Acres Water Co-op	Lordsburg, NM	185	178
Vallecitos Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association	Vallecitos, NM	92	160
Homestead Water Company	Moriarty, NM	195	140
Loma Escondida Water Association	Albuquerque, NM	50	136
Algodones Water Users Association	Algodones, NM	675	106
Paakweree Village Water Co-op Association Inc.	Albuquerque, NM	48	105
Bloomfield Water Supply System	Bloomfield, NM	7,433	100
Camino Real Regional Utility Authority	Sunland Park, NM	20,881	98
Juniper Hills Mobile Home Park	Albuquerque, NM	60	97
Ojo Caliente Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association	Ojo Callente, NM	415	95
Santa Cruz Water Association	Santa Cruz, NM	420	95
Cimarron Water System	Cimarron, NM	987	90
Bluewater Water and Sanitation District	Placitas, NM	450	85
Trampas Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association	Chamisal, NM	200	85
Longhorn Estates Water System	Clovis, NM	201	83
Agua Sana Water Users Association	Hernandez, NM	1,200	80
West Mesa Water Company Inc.	Las Cruces, NM	255	77
Valley Estates Water & Sewer Association	Fairview, NM	185	76
Green Ridge Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association Inc.	Tijeras, NM	130	70
Lordsburg Water Supply System	Lordsburg, NM	2,797	61
French Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association/swa	Springer, NM	150	60
Springer Water System	Springer, NM	2,000	57
Highland Meadows Estates Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association	Laguna, NM	43	56
Llano Quemado Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association	Ranchos De Taos, NM	800	56
Harvest Gold Subdivision	Farmington, NM	522	55
Philmont Boy Scout Ranch - Headquarters	Cimarron, NM	2,150	50
Lee/hammond Water Treatment Plant Co-op	Farmington, NM	0	50
Alcalde Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association	Alcalde, NM	1,500	50
Belen Water System	Belen, NM	9,780	48
Upper Arroyo Hondo Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association	Arroyo Hondo, NM	195	45

Large utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of October 2015 to September 2018 in New Mexico

Utility	Location	People Served	Violation Points
Camino Real Regional Utility Authority	Sunland Park, NM	20,881	98
Dona Ana MDWCA	Dona Ana, NM	11,214	6
Ruidoso Water System	Ruidoso, NM	30,000	2
Los Lunas Water System	Los Lunas, NM	14,284	2
New Mexico State University	Las Cruces, NM	24,302	1
University of New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM	35,000	1
Holloman Air Force Base	Holloman Afb, NM	13,000	1
Farmington Water System	Farmington, NM	47,000	1
Lovington Municipal Water Supply	Lovington, NM	13,588	1
Rio Rancho Water and Waterworks Services	Rio Rancho, NM	87,000	1

Contaminants found in New Mexico above health guidelines

	Found above health guidelines			Found
Contaminant	# of Utilities	People Served		# of Utilities	People Served
Uranium		466	1,713,144			482	1,744,348
Radium-228		414	1,687,716			448	1,789,177
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)		248	1,673,199			264	1,689,084
Dibromochloromethane		242	1,669,932			243	1,670,278
Bromodichloromethane		208	1,581,008			209	1,601,889
Nitrate and nitrite		310	1,456,451			326	1,475,002
Bromoform		205	1,449,458			232	1,560,903
Chromium (hexavalent)		46	1,315,944			49	1,364,994
Chloroform		124	1,175,043			170	1,468,912
Dichloroacetic acid		91	1,058,672			181	1,535,511
Trichloroacetic acid		67	1,035,591			160	1,425,763
Arsenic		138	948,794			138	948,794
Bromate		5	659,738			5	659,738
Radium-226		282	614,902			482	1,746,703
Strontium		9	157,715			53	1,414,693
Vanadium		4	95,262			47	1,332,886
Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene)		3	88,558			3	88,558
Chlorate		3	55,102			36	1,222,104
Trichloroethylene		2	49,050			2	49,050
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHPA)		1	37,877			1	37,877
1,2,3-Trichloropropane		1	35,000			1	35,000
Nitrate		1	13,000			1	13,000
Chlorite		2	8,137			2	8,137
Selenium		3	485			76	184,925
Cadmium		1	400			2	8,232
Atrazine		1	166			1	166
Beryllium		1	45			1	45

Contaminants found in New Mexico above legal limits

Contaminant	People Served
Arsenic	13	43,682
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)	5	4,933
Fluoride	6	4,316
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)	1	2,150
Uranium	9	2,040
Nitrate and nitrite	1	195
Selenium	1	162
Radium, combined (-226 & -228)	1	120

New Mexico

570 Utilities

Serving: 1,877,000

Data available: 2010-2015

Contaminants Found: 73

Large utilities in New Mexico

Utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of October 2015 to September 2018 in New Mexico

Large utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of October 2015 to September 2018 in New Mexico

Contaminants found in New Mexico above health guidelines

Contaminants found in New Mexico above legal limits