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Community Water System · PWS NN3500267

Mexican Springs West Rural NTUA

Operator location Ft Defiance, Navajo Nation - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 257 people served; 56 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

257
People served (this PWS)
56
EPA violations (this PWS)
5
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Mexican Springs West Rural NTUA standing, mid SDWIS violation third

257 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 9% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Mexican Springs West Rural NTUA lands in the middle third by violation volume (56), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (257; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 9% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

56
Total EPA violations on record
9%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
257
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

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

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Native American
Connections
75
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
5
Monitoring Violations
38
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 6 2012
Nitrite MR 4 2011
Nitrate MR 3 2011
Coliform (TCR) MCL 3 2015
Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule MR 3 2013
Thallium, Total MCL 2 1999
Public Notice Other 2 2015
Revised Total Coliform Rule Other 2 2016
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 1 2005
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 1 2005
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 1 2005
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 1 2005
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 1 2005
Tetrachloroethylene MR 1 2005
CHLOROBENZENE MR 1 2005
Benzene MR 1 2005
Ethylbenzene MR 1 2005
Styrene MR 1 2005
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 1 2005
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 1 2005
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 1 2005
Xylenes, Total MR 1 2005
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 1 2005
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 1 2005
Trichloroethylene MR 1 2005
Carbon tetrachloride MR 1 2005
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 1 2005
Toluene MR 1 2005
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 1 2005
Vinyl chloride MR 1 2005

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Mexican Springs West Rural NTUA has 56 recorded EPA violations, 60% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 40% carry more. 9% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 56), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

56 Around the middle fewer violations than 40% 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

Population served record for Mexican Springs West Rural NTUA

EPA SDWIS lists 257 people served and 75 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

56 violations · 257 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Mexican Springs West Rural NTUA

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater