Community Water System · PWS NM3524932
Belen Water System
Operator location Belen, New Mexico - 43% of 672 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 10,830 served per SDWIS.
- 10,830
- People served (this PWS)
- 672
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 290
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Belen Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
43% of 672 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 43% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #4,420 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Belen Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (672), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (10,830; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 43% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #4,420 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #32 of 215
- Population · NM
- 672
- Total EPA violations on record
- 43%
- 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
- 3,827
- County
- Valencia
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 244
- Monitoring Violations
- 324
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 46
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic | MCL | 215 | 2025 |
| Arsenic | MR | 209 | 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 44 | 2023 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 42 | 2021 |
| Chlorine | MR | 30 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 29 | 2014 |
| Public Notice | Other | 22 | 2025 |
| TTHM | MR | 11 | 2022 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 11 | 2022 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 9 | 2018 |
| E. COLI | MR | 7 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Asbestos | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Groundwater Rule | Other | 4 | 2021 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 4 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 3 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Belen Water System has 672 recorded EPA violations, 97% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 3% carry more. 43% of this system's own violations are health-based (290 of 672), and it ranks #4,420 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)
672 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
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 174 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFTrDA | 6/10/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 6/10/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 6/10/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 6/10/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 6/10/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 6/10/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 6/10/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/10/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/10/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/10/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/10/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/10/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/10/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/10/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/10/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/10/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/10/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/10/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/10/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/10/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/10/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/10/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/10/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/10/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/10/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/10/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/10/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 6/10/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 6/10/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/10/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Belen Water System
290 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NM3524932.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
672 violations · 10,830 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 similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Belen Water System
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.