Community Water System · PWS NM3501232
Highland Meadows Estates Mdwca
Operator location Laguna, New Mexico - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 43 people served; 913 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 43
- People served (this PWS)
- 913
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 61
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Highland Meadows Estates Mdwca standing, high SDWIS violation third
43 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 7% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Highland Meadows Estates Mdwca sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (913), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (43; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 7% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 913
- Total EPA violations on record
- 7%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 43
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 16
- County
- Valencia
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 24
- Monitoring Violations
- 600
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 37
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 329 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 228 | 2016 |
| Public Notice | Other | 192 | 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 37 | 2025 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 31 | 2013 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 30 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 24 | 2011 |
| Coliform (TCR) | Other | 8 | 2004 |
| Asbestos | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Other | 3 | 2016 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 3 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 3 | 2024 |
| Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | TT | 3 | 2003 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Highland Meadows Estates Mdwca has 913 recorded EPA violations, 99% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 1% carry more. 7% of this system's own violations are health-based (61 of 913), 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)
913 Higher than most more violations than 99% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Highland Meadows Estates Mdwca
EPA SDWIS lists 43 people served and 16 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
913 violations · 43 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
What to do with Highland Meadows Estates Mdwca
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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