Community Water System · PWS NM3515310
Vaughn Duran Water System
Operator location Vaughn, New Mexico - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 785 people served; 619 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 785
- People served (this PWS)
- 619
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 113
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Vaughn Duran Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
785 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 18% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #22,888 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Vaughn Duran Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (619), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (785; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 18% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #22,888 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #170 of 215
- Population · NM
- 619
- Total EPA violations on record
- 18%
- 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
- 268
- County
- Guadalupe
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 61
- Monitoring Violations
- 442
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 52
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 46 | 2024 |
| Chlorine | MR | 35 | 2018 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 27 | 2013 |
| Combined Uranium | MCL | 21 | 2016 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 17 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 15 | 2025 |
| Endrin | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Dalapon | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Diquat | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Endothall | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Atrazine | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Picloram | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| LASSO | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Simazine | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Chlordane | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 12 | 1995 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Vaughn Duran Water System has 619 recorded EPA violations, 97% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 3% carry more. 18% of this system's own violations are health-based (113 of 619), and it ranks #22,888 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)
619 Higher than most more violations than 97% 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 Vaughn Duran Water System
EPA SDWIS lists 785 people served and 268 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
619 violations · 785 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.
Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Vaughn Duran Water System
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