NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY: EPA violation history, explained
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 24,000 people get their water from it, across 532 connections.
How this compares nationally
98 total violations and 6 health-based ones put NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY at the 77th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,940 of 12,903.
How NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY compares within NM
Among the 102 NM systems in this dataset, the average is 13.9 health-based violations - NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY'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 NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY is from 2024-05-04 (health-based: 2014-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY'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 NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY 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 98 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.