Community Water System · PWS NM3520027
Desertaire Water Company
Operator location Socorro, New Mexico - 31% of 606 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 48 served per SDWIS.
- 48
- People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
- 606
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 190
- Health-based (this PWS) Upper third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Desertaire Water Company standing, high SDWIS violation third
31% of 606 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 31% is upper-third health share (> 23%).
The verdict
Desertaire Water Company sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (606), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (48; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 31% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 606
- Total EPA violations on record
- 31%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 48
- 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.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 24
- County
- Sierra
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 125
- Monitoring Violations
- 282
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 65
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 184 | 2021 |
| Fluoride | MCL | 120 | 2025 |
| Public Notice | Other | 97 | 2025 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 65 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 45 | 2015 |
| Chlorine | MR | 19 | 2021 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 14 | 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 13 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MR | 7 | 2021 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 7 | 2021 |
| Coliform (TCR) | Other | 5 | 1994 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Other | 5 | 2016 |
| Groundwater Rule | Other | 5 | 2019 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 5 | 2003 |
| Fluoride | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| Asbestos | MR | 2 | 2020 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Desertaire Water Company has 606 recorded EPA violations, 97% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 3% carry more. 31% of this system's own violations are health-based (190 of 606), 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)
606 Higher than most more violations than 97% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
Desertaire Water Company plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.
Violation volume vs. health-based share
Health-based violations on Desertaire Water Company
190 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NM3520027.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
606 violations · 48 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 Desertaire Water Company
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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