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Valencia County, New Mexico

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NM061 · Valencia County 30 sys · 8,331 viol · #930/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 17.5% health
  • RANK-UPPER #930/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 25.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 30 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, Valencia County ranks #930 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #11 of 33 counties in New Mexico. See methodology · corpus placement.

Valencia 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 17.5% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 25.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #930 of 3,254 · #11 of 33 in New Mexico.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Valencia County

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

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

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

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Mid-flagged peers for Valencia County

Cross-state counties nearest Valencia County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (8,331). 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).

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

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