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Community Water System · PWS NM3522409

Freeport McMoran Chino Mines

Operator location Tyrone, New Mexico - 0% of 237 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 1,050 served per SDWIS.

1,050
People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
237
EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
0
Health-based (this PWS) Lower third by health-based share
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
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Freeport McMoran Chino Mines standing, high SDWIS violation third

0% of 237 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Population rank #18,990 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Freeport McMoran Chino Mines sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (237), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,050 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#18,990 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#151 of 215
Population · NM
237
Total EPA violations on record
0%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

C
Water Safety Score
58/100
Freeport McMoran Chino Mines

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations A+
0
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations F
237
Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)
PFAS contamination N/A
Not UCMR5-tested
Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
42
County
Grant
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
220
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Groundwater Rule Other 6 2022
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 6 2008
Dinoseb MR 6 2008
LASSO MR 6 2008
Heptachlor MR 6 2008
Heptachlor epoxide MR 6 2008
2,4-D MR 6 2008
2,4,5-TP MR 6 2008
HEXACHLOROBENZENE MR 6 2008
Pentachlorophenol MR 6 2008
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 6 2008
BHC-GAMMA MR 6 2008
Methoxychlor MR 6 2008
Toxaphene MR 6 2008
Diquat MR 6 2008
Endothall MR 6 2008
Simazine MR 6 2008
Picloram MR 6 2008
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 6 2008
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 6 2023
Carbofuran MR 6 2008
Atrazine MR 6 2008
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) MR 6 2008
Endrin MR 6 2008
Glyphosate MR 6 2008
OXAMYL MR 6 2008
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 6 2008
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE MR 6 2008
Chlordane MR 6 2008
Dalapon MR 6 2008

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Freeport McMoran Chino Mines has 237 recorded EPA violations, 88% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 12% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 237), and it ranks #18,990 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)

237 Higher than most more violations than 88% 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

Freeport McMoran Chino Mines 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

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total violations (X) and Health-based share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Frequent and seriousRare but seriousFrequent, mostly paperworkClean record 0200400600 0%20%40%60%80%100% Total violations Health-based share Violation volume vs. health-based share Miccosukee Service Plaza-0, 0%Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3-0, 0%Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600-2, 0%Center Water Co-5, 0%Montgomery Co RWD 12-7, 29%Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs-9, 0%Irvin Water District #6-11, 27%Great Bend Industrial Park-14, 0%Nooksack Valley Water Association-16, 31%Glen Park Village-19, 0%Camp Is-Sho-Da-22, 0%Kipling Oaks 1-25, 16%McLouth, City Of-29, 17%Hamilton-33, 0%Pine Valley Plantation-37, 24%Lake Gibson Estates-42, 2%Ticonderoga WD-47, 26%Town of Welaka-54, 0%Township of Blairstown Dpw-61, 0%McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority-71, 0%Sunset Ridge Water District-82, 15%South Deerfield Water Supply District-96, 16%Clarkdale Municipal Water System-114, 0%Orange Water Dept-136, 14%Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1-167, 11%Benson Culinary Improvement District-212, 1%Eureka Water Association-273, 0%City of Ballinger-372, 85%Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth-567, 1%Freeport McMoran Chino Mines-237, 0%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

Health-based violations on Freeport McMoran Chino Mines

0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NM3522409.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

237 violations · 1,050 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Freeport McMoran Chino Mines

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
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