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Taos County, New Mexico

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NM055 · Taos County 95 sys · 10,807 viol · #1551/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 98.9% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 25.5% health
  • RANK-MID #1551/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.5 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 99%
  • SYS-MID 95 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Rio Arriba County ( -0.5 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Taos County ranks #1,551 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #18 of 33 counties in New Mexico. See methodology · corpus placement.

Taos County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 98.9% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 25.5% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,551 of 3,254 · #18 of 33 in New Mexico.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Taos County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Colfax · lowest Rio Arriba · near Taos · this county Dona Ana · near 63.5% 98.1% 98.4% 98.4% 98.9% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Taos Municipal Water System 5,528 215 Clean
Questa Water System 2,337 141 -
El Prado Water & Sanitation District 1,076 88 -
Village of Taos Ski Valley 1,025 96 -
Llano Quemado Mdwca 800 332 -
Ranchos de Taos Mdwca 750 175 -
Talpa Mdwca 700 99 -
Red River Water System 679 81 -
Chamisal Mdwca 550 58 -
Penasco Mdwca 549 80 -
Arroyo Seco Mdwca 444 182 -
Union del Llano Mdwca 400 142 -
Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools 400 84 -
Ranchos Elementary School 390 67 -
Valle Escondido Homeowners Association 354 51 -
Tres Piedras Mdwca 350 72 -
Rio Lucio Mdwca 342 115 -
Martinez Plaza 330 52 -
Lower Des Montes Mdwca 319 172 -
Taos County Economic Development Center 300 15 -
Chevron Mining Inc Questa Mine 300 978 -
Taos Spa and Tennis Club 300 53 -
Sipapu Lodge and Cafe 250 146 -
Costilla Mdwca 244 244 -
El Salto Mdwca and Sa 232 82 -
Cerro Regional Mdwca/Swa 232 146 -
Ojo Caliente Mdwca 226 439 -
Upper Des Montes Mdwca 222 783 -
Upper Ranchitos Mdwcasw 222 135 -
Duranes Y Gavilan Mdwca 215 70 -
Canon Mdwca 200 172 -
Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs 200 122 -
Upper Arroyo Hondo Mdwca 195 378 -
Lower Arroyo Hondo Mdwca 180 51 -
San Cristobal Mdwca 165 149 -
Pizanos Restaurant 150 32 -
Enchanted Mobile Home Park 150 271 -
Fort Burgwin Research Center 138 70 -
Trampas Mdwca 132 289 -
Taos Mesa Brewing 126 4 -
Agua Piedra Camp Ground Usfs Carson 124 44 -
Vadito Mdwca 122 185 -
Rodarte Mdwca 115 146 -
West Rim Mdwua 113 30 -
Rio Grande Gorge Visitor Center (Blm) 109 75 -
Vigils Trailer Park 105 112 -
Taos Country Club 100 48 -
Arroyos del Norte Elementary School 100 36 -
El Pueblo Lodge 100 28 -
Valdez Mdwca 100 32 -

Compare beyond New Mexico

Mid-flagged peers for Taos County

Cross-state counties nearest Taos County on flagged-system share (98.9%) and cumulative violation count (10,807). 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

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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

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