New Mexico
566 Utilities
Serving: 1,875,000
Data available: 2012-2017
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.
Below are utilities in New Mexico serving over 10,000 people, listed alphabetically.
Large utilities in New Mexico
Utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2016 to March 2019 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.
Large utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2016 to March 2019 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 |
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Espanola Water System | Espanola, NM | 10,495 | 54 |
Artesia Municipal Water System | Artesia, NM | 14,000 | 44 |
City of Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NM | 19,000 | 28 |
Ruidoso Water System | Ruidoso, NM | 30,000 | 17 |
Los Lunas Water System | Los Lunas, NM | 14,284 | 16 |
Dona Ana MDWCA | Dona Ana, NM | 11,214 | 16 |
University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | 35,000 | 12 |
Gallup Water System | Gallup, NM | 20,209 | 9 |
Lovington Municipal Water Supply | Lovington, NM | 13,588 | 7 |
Las Cruces Municipal Water System | Las Cruces, NM | 93,030 | 5 |
Los Alamos Municipal Water System | Los Alamos, NM | 25,000 | 5 |
Roswell Municipal Water System | Roswell, NM | 49,000 | 4 |
Kirtland Air Force Base | Kirtland Afb, NM | 22,500 | 3 |
Deming Municipal Water System | Deming, NM | 14,855 | 2 |
Albuquerque Water System | Albuquerque, NM | 601,983 | 1 |
Contaminants found in New Mexico above health guidelines
Found above health guidelines | Found | ||||||
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Contaminant | # of Utilities | People Served | # of Utilities | People Served | |||
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) | 345 | 1,778,671 | 347 | 1,779,345 | |||
Dibromochloromethane | 324 | 1,760,207 | 327 | 1,761,312 | |||
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) | 300 | 1,744,391 | 307 | 1,755,764 | |||
Radium, combined (-226 & -228) | 443 | 1,725,452 | 528 | 1,819,801 | |||
Uranium | 453 | 1,701,317 | 466 | 1,784,918 | |||
Dibromoacetic acid | 279 | 1,691,631 | 292 | 1,749,142 | |||
Bromodichloromethane | 275 | 1,685,062 | 284 | 1,701,692 | |||
Nitrate and nitrite | 357 | 1,557,969 | 399 | 1,634,227 | |||
Bromoform | 273 | 1,534,315 | 323 | 1,692,498 | |||
Arsenic | 304 | 1,487,509 | 304 | 1,487,509 | |||
Chromium (hexavalent) | 37 | 1,296,827 | 40 | 1,345,877 | |||
Chloroform | 144 | 1,181,019 | 228 | 1,591,839 | |||
Dichloroacetic acid | 136 | 1,158,916 | 201 | 1,601,669 | |||
Trichloroacetic acid | 96 | 1,074,299 | 166 | 1,477,982 | |||
Bromate | 3 | 602,238 | 3 | 602,238 | |||
Strontium | 7 | 144,544 | 44 | 1,395,576 | |||
Vanadium | 4 | 95,262 | 39 | 1,316,034 | |||
Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene) | 4 | 88,708 | 5 | 126,585 | |||
Chlorate | 3 | 55,102 | 28 | 1,203,158 | |||
Trichloroethylene | 1 | 49,000 | 3 | 142,080 | |||
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHPA) | 1 | 37,877 | 1 | 37,877 | |||
1,2,3-Trichloropropane | 1 | 35,000 | 1 | 35,000 | |||
Aluminum | 1 | 27,000 | 5 | 68,533 | |||
Nitrate | 2 | 20,832 | 2 | 20,832 | |||
Heptachlor | 2 | 8,624 | 2 | 8,624 | |||
Chlorite | 2 | 8,137 | 2 | 8,137 | |||
Carbon tetrachloride | 1 | 2,397 | 2 | 2,847 | |||
Thallium | 2 | 1,253 | 2 | 1,253 | |||
Selenium | 3 | 485 | 199 | 633,073 | |||
Cadmium | 1 | 400 | 2 | 8,232 | |||
Antimony | 1 | 272 | 3 | 10,704 | |||
Manganese | 1 | 198 | 21 | 98,736 | |||
Atrazine | 1 | 166 | 2 | 39,674 | |||
Vinyl chloride | 1 | 45 | 1 | 45 |
Contaminants found in New Mexico above legal limits
Contaminant | # of Utilities | People Served | |
---|---|---|---|
Arsenic | 12 | 26,530 | |
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) | 4 | 4,700 | |
Fluoride | 3 | 3,112 | |
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) | 2 | 2,672 | |
Uranium | 8 | 1,790 | |
Radium, combined (-226 & -228) | 2 | 1,320 | |
Selenium | 2 | 372 | |
Nitrate and nitrite | 1 | 195 |