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LOWER RIO GRANDE PWWA EAST MESA: EPA violation history, explained

LOWER RIO GRANDE PWWA EAST MESA has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,104, over 812 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

11 total violations and 2 health-based ones put LOWER RIO GRANDE PWWA EAST MESA at the 50th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,515 of 12,903.

How LOWER RIO GRANDE PWWA EAST MESA compares within NM

LOWER RIO GRANDE PWWA EAST MESA's 2 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

The last violation EPA has on record for LOWER RIO GRANDE PWWA EAST MESA is from 2011-12-01 (health-based: 2000-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

LOWER RIO GRANDE PWWA EAST MESA'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 microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

LOWER RIO GRANDE PWWA EAST MESA'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 LOWER RIO GRANDE PWWA EAST MESA's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,515th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.