Lea County, New Mexico
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet NM025 · Lea County 23 sys · 1,905 viol · #777/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · PFAS-MID · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 87.0% flagged
- HEALTH-MID 25.4% health
- RANK-UPPER #777/3254
- BELOW-PEER 3.0 pp cleaner
- PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 100%
- SYS-SMALL 23 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Quay County (+ 3 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Lea County ranks #777 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #8 of 33 counties in New Mexico. See methodology · corpus placement.
Lea County standing, lower-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 87.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 25.4% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #777 of 3,254 · #8 of 33 in New Mexico.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Lea County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Lea County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobbs Municipal Water Supply | 40,418 | 17 | Detected |
| Lovington Municipal Water Supply | 13,539 | 150 | Clean |
| Jal Water Supply System | 5,500 | 206 | - |
| Eunice Water Supply System | 4,487 | 63 | Clean |
| Cowboy Junction Church | 950 | 26 | - |
| Tatum Municipal Water System | 948 | 68 | - |
| Monument Mdwca | 279 | 51 | - |
| Ranch View RV Park | 100 | 0 | - |
| Water Processing LLC Water Hauling | 99 | 0 | - |
| Hobbs Country Club | 95 | 110 | - |
| Rancho Dal Paso LLC Dba Adobe Village | 83 | 407 | - |
| Mescalero Ridge Water Co-Op | 76 | 114 | - |
| Lovington Country Club | 60 | 70 | - |
| Monarchy Country Estates | 52 | 175 | - |
| Lea County Electric Cooperative Inc | 50 | 96 | - |
| Intrepid Potash North | 40 | 42 | - |
| Maverick Natural Resources Buckeye | 40 | 33 | - |
| Dcp Midstream Linam Plant | 40 | 77 | - |
| Xcel Energy Sps Cunningham Station | 35 | 55 | - |
| Maverick Natural Resources Maljamar | 35 | 61 | - |
| Dollar General #24044 Hobbs | 25 | 0 | - |
| Xcel Energy Sps Maddox Station | 25 | 70 | - |
| Morwest Corporation | 0 | 14 | - |
Compare beyond New Mexico
Lower-flagged peers for Lea County
Cross-state counties nearest Lea County on flagged-system share (87.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,905). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.
Similar flagged-system rate
Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.
Similar violation load
Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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