Is ELEPHANT BUTTE WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
ELEPHANT BUTTE WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,286 people get their water from it, across 1,073 connections.
How this compares nationally
ELEPHANT BUTTE WATER SYSTEM has 8 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,679th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 48th percentile nationally.
Against the NM average
Among the 102 NM systems in this dataset, the average is 13.9 health-based violations - ELEPHANT BUTTE WATER SYSTEM's 2 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
ELEPHANT BUTTE WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2014-01-09, with the most recent health-based one dated 2006-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
The concern categories on record
ELEPHANT BUTTE 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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Fluoride
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 ELEPHANT BUTTE WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
ELEPHANT BUTTE 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 ELEPHANT BUTTE WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,679th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.