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Otero County, New Mexico

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NM035 · Otero County 55 sys · 7,026 viol · #732/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-MID · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 21.5% health
  • RANK-UPPER #732/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 91%
  • SYS-MID 55 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Dona Ana County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Otero County ranks #732 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #6 of 33 counties in New Mexico. See methodology · corpus placement.

Otero County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 21.5% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #732 of 3,254 · #6 of 33 in New Mexico.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Otero County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Otero County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Colfax · lowest Harding · highest Santa Fe · near Eddy · near 63.5% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Alamogordo Domestic Water System 35,301 40 Detected
Holloman Air Force Base 13,000 488 Clean
Tularosa Water System 3,458 695 Clean
Cloudcroft Water System 2,865 78 -
Timberon W and SD 2,698 254 -
La Luz Mdwca 1,917 49 -
White Sands National Park 1,397 34 -
Twin Forks Mdwca 1,274 335 -
Orogrande Base Camp 1,000 33 -
Cloud Country West Water System 684 48 -
Boles Acres Water System 657 75 -
Brewer 536 4 -
Eileen Acres 462 116 -
Robinhood Water Users Association 426 69 -
High Rolls Community Water Users Coop 364 119 -
Cloud Country Estates Wua 356 101 -
Waterfall Community Wua 342 184 -
Pineywoods Estates Water Association 320 151 -
Pine Springs Summer Camp 250 29 -
Chalet Camper Village 226 77 -
Pinon Mdwca 215 37 -
Silver Cloud Water Association 205 99 -
McGregor Range Camp 200 40 -
Sacramento Camp Conference Center, Inc 200 48 -
Chippeway Park Water Association 193 422 -
Cool Pines RV Park 150 3 -
Aspendale Camp 150 126 -
Oliver Lee State Park 150 12 -
Ponderosa Pines Property Owners Assoc 147 127 -
Mayhill Mdwca 143 96 -
Camp Wehinahpay 139 29 -
Boothill RV Park 135 8 -
Karr Canyon Estates 108 69 -
Mountain Orchard Mdwca 105 135 -
Oasis Enterprises Inc. 100 51 -
Sacramento Mountain Retreat 100 291 -
Orogrande Mdwca 92 262 -
Pete Ragan Memorial Wua 82 274 -
Weed Water Users Association 81 88 -
Silver Springs Water System 76 55 -
Cider Mill Farms Mdwca 76 84 -
Juniper Mobile Park 75 74 -
Sky Country Estates Mdwca 71 12 -
Laborcita Water Users Association 70 51 -
Dungan Mdwca 64 82 -
Sivells Baptist Camp 60 54 -
Rolling Hills Wua 57 152 -
Alamo Heights Wua 52 126 -
Enchanted Valley Wua 41 122 -
Canyon Hills Area Wua 32 89 -

Compare beyond New Mexico

Mid-flagged peers for Otero County

Cross-state counties nearest Otero County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (7,026). 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.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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