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Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS NM3510118

Fort Union National Monument Usnps

Operator location Watrous, New Mexico - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 40 people served; 52 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

40
People served (this PWS)
52
EPA violations (this PWS)
4
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Fort Union National Monument Usnps standing, mid SDWIS violation third

40 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Fort Union National Monument Usnps lands in the middle third by violation volume (52), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (40; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

52
Total EPA violations on record
8%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
40
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
Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Federal
Connections
11
County
Mora
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
4
Monitoring Violations
38
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 13 2020
Nitrate-Nitrite MR 12 2013
Public Notice Other 7 2018
Coliform (TCR) MR 5 2006
Coliform (TCR) MCL 4 2004
Revised Total Coliform Rule Other 3 2016
Cadmium MR 1 1981
Nitrate MR 1 1981
Fluoride MR 1 1981
Arsenic MR 1 1981
Selenium MR 1 1981
Chromium MR 1 1981
Barium MR 1 1981
Mercury MR 1 1981

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Fort Union National Monument Usnps has 52 recorded EPA violations, 57% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 42% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 52), 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)

52 Around the middle fewer violations than 42% 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 Fort Union National Monument Usnps

EPA SDWIS lists 40 people served and 11 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

52 violations · 40 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Fort Union National Monument Usnps

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

  • See how every tracked system in New Mexico compares on the same EPA violation measures. New Mexico systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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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