Question 1

Is Pueblo Pintado Community School (New) - BIA water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Pueblo Pintado Community School (New) - BIA (PWS ID: 093534011) has 123 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 385 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Pueblo Pintado Community School (New) - BIA serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Pueblo Pintado Community School (New) - BIA serves 385 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Gallup or any other city). It is a Federal-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 3 service connections. The operator address is listed in Gallup, EPA Region 9 — Tribal Water Systems.

Question 3

What type of violations does Pueblo Pintado Community School (New) - BIA have?

Accepted Answer

Pueblo Pintado Community School (New) - BIA has 123 total violations: 1 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 119 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Pueblo Pintado Community School (New) - BIA water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Pueblo Pintado Community School (New) - BIA under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Pueblo Pintado Community School (New) - BIA use?

Accepted Answer

Pueblo Pintado Community School (New) - BIA uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

How does Pueblo Pintado Community School (New) - BIA's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Pueblo Pintado Community School (New) - BIA has 123 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 23% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 77% of that cohort has fewer violations than Pueblo Pintado Community School (New) - BIA. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	4	2019
TTHM	MR	4	2019
Nitrate	MR	2	2019
Endrin	MR	2	2017
BHC-GAMMA	MR	2	2017
Methoxychlor	MR	2	2017
Dalapon	MR	2	2017
Diquat	MR	2	2017
Simazine	MR	2	2017
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	MR	2	2017
Picloram	MR	2	2017
Dinoseb	MR	2	2017
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	2	2017
Carbofuran	MR	2	2017
Atrazine	MR	2	2017
LASSO	MR	2	2017
2,3,7,8-TCDD	MR	2	2017
Heptachlor	MR	2	2017
Heptachlor epoxide	MR	2	2017
2,4-D	MR	2	2017
Benzo(a)pyrene	MR	2	2017
2,4,5-TP	MR	2	2017
HEXACHLOROBENZENE	MR	2	2017
Pentachlorophenol	MR	2	2017
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	2	2017
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	2017
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)	MR	2	2017
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE	MR	2	2017
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE	MR	2	2017
Xylenes, Total	MR	2	2017

Pueblo Pintado Community School (New) - BIA

Pueblo Pintado Community School (New) - BIA standing, high SDWIS violation third

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Population served record for Pueblo Pintado Community School (New) - BIA

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load