LOS LUNAS WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
LOS LUNAS WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 19,400 people get their water from it, across 7,830 connections.
LOS LUNAS WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
47 total violations and 11 health-based ones put LOS LUNAS WATER SYSTEM at the 87th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,735 of 12,903.
Against the NM average
LOS LUNAS WATER SYSTEM's 11 health-based violations sit within the NM average of 13.9, across 102 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
LOS LUNAS WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-05-11, with the most recent health-based one dated 2018-11-02. Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
The concern categories on record
LOS LUNAS 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); Revised Total Coliform Rule
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic
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 LOS LUNAS WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
This is what LOS LUNAS WATER SYSTEM reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and LOS LUNAS WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,735th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.