Eldorado Area Water and Sanitation Dist.

Water Quality Snapshot: Eldorado Area Water and Sanitation Dist.

Eldorado Area Water and Sanitation Dist. is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 7,082 residents in Santa Fe, New Mexico (Santa Fe County) through 3,049 service connections. Its water is drawn from surface water sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 143 total violations for this system , of which 3 (2%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 133 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2019.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Atrazine, recorded in 5 violations (MR). Under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program, 1 PFAS compound was detected in samples collected from this system, with a maximum reported concentration of 16 ppt (parts per trillion). PFAS are persistent synthetic chemicals linked to health effects at very low exposure levels.

Across New Mexico, EPA tracks 1,037 public water systems serving 2,027,497 people, with 154,522 cumulative violations and 38,650 health-based violations on record. About 97% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 149 violations. Statewide, 70 of 72 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (97.2%).

Eldorado Area Water and Sanitation Dist.'s 143 violations sit below the New Mexico average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.