Community Water System · PWS 063500166
Santa Clara Pueblo
Operator location Espanolal, EPA Region 6 — Tribal Water Systems - 44% of 43 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 2,500 served per SDWIS.
- 2,500
- People served (this PWS)
- 43
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 19
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Santa Clara Pueblo standing, mid SDWIS violation third
44% of 43 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 44% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #11,871 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Santa Clara Pueblo lands in the middle third by violation volume (43), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,500 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 44% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,871 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #23 of 54
- Population · 06
- 43
- Total EPA violations on record
- 44%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Native American
- Connections
- 600
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 12
- Monitoring Violations
- 13
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 7
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 12 | 2004 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 11 | 1999 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 7 | 2019 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 6 | 2005 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 2 | 2015 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Santa Clara Pueblo has 43 recorded EPA violations, 52% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 47% carry more. 44% of this system's own violations are health-based (19 of 43), and it ranks #11,871 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
43 Around the middle fewer violations than 47% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Santa Clara Pueblo
19 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for 063500166.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
43 violations · 2,500 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Santa Clara Pueblo
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in EPA Region 6 — Tribal Water Systems compares on the same EPA violation measures. EPA Region 6 — Tribal Water Systems systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
- Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems
EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.