Is MOONGATE WEST's water safe to drink?
MOONGATE WEST has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 13,362, over 5,100 connections.
MOONGATE WEST's record against the rest of the country
MOONGATE WEST has 49 violations on record in total, 6 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,988th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 77th percentile nationally.
Against the NM average
MOONGATE WEST's 6 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
MOONGATE WEST's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2018-12-12. Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
The concern categories on record
MOONGATE WEST'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: Groundwater Rule
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 MOONGATE WEST's record does not cover
MOONGATE WEST'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 - 6 health-based violations on file for MOONGATE WEST - 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.