Is ESPANOLA WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
ESPANOLA WATER SYSTEM had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 12,012 people through 3,930 service connections.
ESPANOLA WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
302 total violations and 57 health-based ones put ESPANOLA WATER SYSTEM at the 98th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 209 of 12,903.
How ESPANOLA WATER SYSTEM compares within NM
Among the 102 NM systems in this dataset, the average is 13.9 health-based violations - ESPANOLA WATER SYSTEM's 57 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ESPANOLA WATER SYSTEM is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ESPANOLA 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Groundwater Rule
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Uranium; Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate-Nitrite
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic; Fluoride
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
ESPANOLA 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. This record - 57 health-based violations on file for ESPANOLA WATER SYSTEM - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.