What's in ARTESIA MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM's water?
ARTESIA MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 15,176, over 5,600 connections.
ARTESIA MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
ARTESIA MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM has 51 violations on record in total, 26 of thems health-based - ranking it 680th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 95th percentile nationally.
Against the NM average
Among the 102 NM systems in this dataset, the average is 13.9 health-based violations - ARTESIA MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM's 26 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
ARTESIA MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2018-09-12. Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
The concern categories on record
ARTESIA MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Groundwater Rule; Revised Total Coliform Rule
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What ARTESIA MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
ARTESIA MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and ARTESIA MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 680th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.