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Community Water System · PWS 063507009

Mescalero Eight Canyon

EPA Region 6 — Tribal Water Systems - 37% of 57 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 333 served per SDWIS.

333
People served (this PWS)
57
EPA violations (this PWS)
21
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Mescalero Eight Canyon standing, mid SDWIS violation third

37% of 57 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 37% is upper-third health share (> 23%).

The verdict

Mescalero Eight Canyon lands in the middle third by violation volume (57), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (333; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 37% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

57
Total EPA violations on record
37%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
333
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

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
93
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
2
Monitoring Violations
35
Treatment Tech Violations
19

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Groundwater Rule TT 16 2016
Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule TT 3 2010
Nitrate-Nitrite MR 3 2013
Coliform (TCR) MCL 2 2002
Coliform (TCR) MR 2 2002
BHC-GAMMA MR 1 2009
Methoxychlor MR 1 2009
Toxaphene MR 1 2009
Dalapon MR 1 2009
OXAMYL MR 1 2009
Simazine MR 1 2009
Dinoseb MR 1 2009
Heptachlor MR 1 2009
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 1 2009
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 1 2009
Chlordane MR 1 2009
TTHM MR 1 2008
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 1 2008
Pentachlorophenol MR 1 2009
Endrin MR 1 2009
LASSO MR 1 2009
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 1 2009
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 1 2009
Diquat MR 1 2009
Picloram MR 1 2009
Glyphosate MR 1 2009
2,4,5-TP MR 1 2009
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 1 2004
Endothall MR 1 2009
2,4-D MR 1 2009

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Mescalero Eight Canyon has 57 recorded EPA violations, 60% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 40% carry more. 37% of this system's own violations are health-based (21 of 57), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

57 Around the middle fewer violations than 40% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Health-based violations on Mescalero Eight Canyon

21 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for 063507009.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

57 violations · 333 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.

4 peers

What to do with Mescalero Eight Canyon

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

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