Community Water System · PWS NM3526204
Cimarron Water System
Operator location Cimarron, New Mexico - 56% of 558 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 1,260 served per SDWIS.
- 1,260
- People served (this PWS)
- 558
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 310
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Cimarron Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
56% of 558 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 56% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #17,409 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Cimarron Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (558), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,260 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 56% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #17,409 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #137 of 215
- Population · NM
- 558
- Total EPA violations on record
- 56%
- 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
- 597
- County
- Colfax
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 16
- Monitoring Violations
- 177
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 294
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 238 | 2023 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 58 | 2024 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 48 | 2023 |
| Public Notice | Other | 26 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MR | 21 | 2022 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 21 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 15 | 2014 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 12 | 2013 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 12 | 2023 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 12 | 2020 |
| TTHM | MCL | 10 | 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 8 | 2023 |
| Chlorine | MR | 8 | 2020 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 6 | 2017 |
| E. COLI | MR | 5 | 2009 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2020 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 4 | 2010 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | TT | 3 | 2020 |
| Fluoride | MR | 2 | 1983 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1980 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 1 | 1999 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1980 |
| Nitrate | MR | 1 | 1980 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 1980 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 1980 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 1980 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1980 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Cimarron Water System has 558 recorded EPA violations, 96% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 4% carry more. 56% of this system's own violations are health-based (310 of 558), and it ranks #17,409 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)
558 Higher than most more violations than 96% 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 Cimarron Water System
310 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NM3526204.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
558 violations · 1,260 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 Cimarron Water System
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