Is MEADOW LAKE WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
MEADOW LAKE WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,760 people get their water from it, across 1,000 connections.
How this compares nationally
MEADOW LAKE WATER SYSTEM has 186 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,148th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 45th percentile nationally.
How MEADOW LAKE WATER SYSTEM compares within NM
MEADOW LAKE WATER SYSTEM's 1 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 MEADOW LAKE WATER SYSTEM is from 2019-05-10 (health-based: 1997-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MEADOW LAKE 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)
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
This is what MEADOW LAKE 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 186 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.