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Community Water System · PWS NM3521208

Malaga Mdwc Swa

Operator location Malaga, New Mexico - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 868 people served; 119 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

868
People served (this PWS)
119
EPA violations (this PWS)
15
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Malaga Mdwc Swa standing, high SDWIS violation third

868 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 13% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #21,560 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Malaga Mdwc Swa sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (119), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (868; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 13% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#21,560 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#161 of 215
Population · NM
119
Total EPA violations on record
13%
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
325
County
Eddy
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
9
Monitoring Violations
77
Treatment Tech Violations
6

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MR 17 2020
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 17 2020
Coliform (TCR) MR 14 1999
Chlorine MR 14 2022
Coliform (TCR) MCL 9 2008
Public Notice Other 8 2025
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 8 2024
Lead and Copper Rule MR 7 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule TT 4 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 3 2019
E. COLI MR 3 2023
Groundwater Rule TT 2 2024
Asbestos MR 2 2002

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Malaga Mdwc Swa has 119 recorded EPA violations, 77% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 23% carry more. 13% of this system's own violations are health-based (15 of 119), and it ranks #21,560 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)

119 Higher than most more violations than 77% 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 Malaga Mdwc Swa

EPA SDWIS lists 868 people served and 325 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

119 violations · 868 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Malaga Mdwc Swa

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