DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in CITY OF RATON/RATON WATER WORKS's water?

CITY OF RATON/RATON WATER WORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 9,733 people through 3,501 service connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CITY OF RATON/RATON WATER WORKS ranks 2,401th by violation burden (81th percentile) - 24 violations total, 8 health-baseds.

Against the NM average

Among the 102 NM systems in this dataset, the average is 13.9 health-based violations - CITY OF RATON/RATON WATER WORKS's 8 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

CITY OF RATON/RATON WATER WORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2021-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.

The concern categories on record

CITY OF RATON/RATON WATER WORKS'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:

The most severe category on record is synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What CITY OF RATON/RATON WATER WORKS's record does not cover

CITY OF RATON/RATON WATER WORKS'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 CITY OF RATON/RATON WATER WORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,401th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.