Community Water System · PWS NM3512207
Lower Rio Grande Pwwa Rincon
Operator location Anthony, New Mexico - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 582 people served; 32 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 582
- People served (this PWS)
- 32
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 6
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Lower Rio Grande Pwwa Rincon standing, mid SDWIS violation third
582 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 19% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #26,842 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Lower Rio Grande Pwwa Rincon lands in the middle third by violation volume (32), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (582; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 19% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #26,842 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #199 of 215
- Population · NM
- 32
- Total EPA violations on record
- 19%
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 213
- County
- Dona Ana
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 6
- Monitoring Violations
- 15
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 7 | 2012 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 5 | 1999 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2013 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2023 |
| Fluoride | MCL | 1 | 1984 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Lower Rio Grande Pwwa Rincon has 32 recorded EPA violations, 44% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 55% carry more. 19% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 32), and it ranks #26,842 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)
32 Lower than most fewer violations than 55% 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 Lower Rio Grande Pwwa Rincon
EPA SDWIS lists 582 people served and 213 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
32 violations · 582 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 with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Lower Rio Grande Pwwa Rincon
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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