RUIDOSO DOWNS WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
RUIDOSO DOWNS WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,146, over 1,003 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, RUIDOSO DOWNS WATER SYSTEM ranks 4,862th by violation burden (62th percentile) - 37 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
How RUIDOSO DOWNS WATER SYSTEM compares within NM
NM's 102 covered systems average 13.9 health-based violations each; RUIDOSO DOWNS WATER SYSTEM carries 3, not more than typical for the state. 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 RUIDOSO DOWNS WATER SYSTEM is from 2025-01-05 (health-based: 2008-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
RUIDOSO DOWNS 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); Surface Water Treatment 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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is RUIDOSO DOWNS WATER SYSTEM's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and RUIDOSO DOWNS WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,862th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.