Is LAKE SECTION WATER COMPANY's water safe to drink?
LAKE SECTION WATER COMPANY had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 14,619 people get their water from it, across 5,475 connections.
LAKE SECTION WATER COMPANY's record against the rest of the country
LAKE SECTION WATER COMPANY has 43 violations on record in total, 6 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,003th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 77th percentile nationally.
How LAKE SECTION WATER COMPANY compares within NM
Among the 102 NM systems in this dataset, the average is 13.9 health-based violations - LAKE SECTION WATER COMPANY's 6 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for LAKE SECTION WATER COMPANY is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LAKE SECTION WATER COMPANY'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
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic
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
LAKE SECTION WATER COMPANY'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 43 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.