New Mexico
572 Utilities
Serving: 1,985,000
Data available: 2014-2019
Contaminants Found: 78
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. Click the "more" button below to get the full list of utilities serving over 10,000 people.
Large utilities in New Mexico
Utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2019 to March 2021 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 2019 to March 2021 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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Camino Real Regional Utility Authority | Sunland Park, NM | 17,016 | 105 |
Ruidoso Water System | Ruidoso, NM | 19,076 | 16 |
Lovington Municipal Water Supply | Lovington, NM | 13,231 | 10 |
Lake Section Water Company | Chaparral, NM | 12,079 | 5 |
City of Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NM | 18,044 | 1 |
Los Lunas Water System | Los Lunas, NM | 18,289 | 1 |
Epcor Water New Mexico Inc Clovis | Clovis, NM | 42,976 | 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) | 365 | 1,915,976 | 365 | 1,915,976 | |||
Dibromochloromethane | 338 | 1,888,519 | 341 | 1,895,365 | |||
Radium, combined (-226 & -228) | 472 | 1,862,737 | 541 | 1,931,200 | |||
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) | 293 | 1,849,419 | 295 | 1,850,781 | |||
Dibromoacetic acid | 269 | 1,804,612 | 270 | 1,808,351 | |||
Uranium | 464 | 1,801,506 | 471 | 1,872,233 | |||
Bromodichloromethane | 272 | 1,792,273 | 282 | 1,813,736 | |||
Nitrate and nitrite | 355 | 1,681,397 | 421 | 1,758,546 | |||
Bromoform | 274 | 1,654,053 | 336 | 1,863,600 | |||
Arsenic | 301 | 1,637,631 | 301 | 1,637,631 | |||
Dichloroacetic acid | 173 | 1,458,930 | 193 | 1,645,003 | |||
Haloacetic acids (HAA9) | 39 | 1,416,456 | 47 | 1,519,446 | |||
Chromium (hexavalent) | 37 | 1,388,760 | 40 | 1,425,930 | |||
Chloroform | 145 | 1,254,563 | 210 | 1,644,662 | |||
Trichloroacetic acid | 103 | 1,157,457 | 112 | 1,317,703 | |||
Bromate | 3 | 659,989 | 3 | 659,989 | |||
Manganese | 1 | 102,308 | 82 | 1,555,608 | |||
Vanadium | 4 | 100,651 | 39 | 1,405,760 | |||
Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene) | 3 | 96,973 | 3 | 96,973 | |||
Chlorate | 4 | 44,226 | 29 | 1,269,376 | |||
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHPA) | 1 | 38,936 | 1 | 38,936 | |||
1,2,3-Trichloropropane | 1 | 35,000 | 1 | 35,000 | |||
Chlorite | 2 | 9,787 | 2 | 9,787 | |||
Heptachlor | 3 | 8,687 | 3 | 8,687 | |||
Thallium | 3 | 2,562 | 3 | 2,562 | |||
Cadmium | 3 | 2,511 | 3 | 2,511 | |||
Carbon tetrachloride | 1 | 2,021 | 1 | 2,021 | |||
Selenium | 1 | 456 | 172 | 668,095 | |||
Atrazine | 2 | 398 | 5 | 52,435 | |||
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | 1 | 325 | 18 | 161,585 | |||
Styrene | 1 | 160 | 1 | 160 |
Contaminants found in New Mexico above legal limits
Contaminant | # of Utilities | People Served | |
---|---|---|---|
Arsenic | 6 | 20,060 | |
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) | 4 | 3,648 | |
Fluoride | 2 | 3,208 | |
Radium, combined (-226 & -228) | 4 | 2,411 | |
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) | 2 | 2,135 | |
Uranium | 7 | 1,292 | |
Thallium | 1 | 580 | |
Nitrate and nitrite | 2 | 422 | |
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | 1 | 325 |