Community Water System · PWS NM3525833
San Rafael Water & Sanitation District
Operator location San Rafael, New Mexico - 25% of 456 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,060 served per SDWIS.
- 1,060
- People served (this PWS)
- 456
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 116
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
San Rafael Water & Sanitation District standing, high SDWIS violation third
25% of 456 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 25% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #18,905 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
San Rafael Water & Sanitation District sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (456), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,060 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 25% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #18,905 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #149 of 215
- Population · NM
- 456
- Total EPA violations on record
- 25%
- 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
- 323
- County
- Cibola
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 21
- Monitoring Violations
- 194
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 95
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 91 | 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 69 | 2023 |
| Public Notice | Other | 58 | 2024 |
| Chlorine | MR | 53 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 47 | 2015 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 38 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 21 | 2015 |
| TTHM | MR | 20 | 2019 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 20 | 2019 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 12 | 2013 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Other | 5 | 2016 |
| Coliform (TCR) | Other | 4 | 2002 |
| E. COLI | MR | 4 | 2015 |
| Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | TT | 4 | 2010 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
San Rafael Water & Sanitation District has 456 recorded EPA violations, 95% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 5% carry more. 25% of this system's own violations are health-based (116 of 456), and it ranks #18,905 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)
456 Higher than most more violations than 95% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on San Rafael Water & Sanitation District
116 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NM3525833.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
456 violations · 1,060 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with San Rafael Water & Sanitation District
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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