Is SANTA FE COUNTY WEST SECTOR's water safe to drink?
SANTA FE COUNTY WEST SECTOR had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 3,150, over 1,260 connections.
SANTA FE COUNTY WEST SECTOR's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SANTA FE COUNTY WEST SECTOR ranks 7,663th by violation burden (41th percentile) - 30 violations total, 1 health-based.
How SANTA FE COUNTY WEST SECTOR compares within NM
Among the 102 NM systems in this dataset, the average is 13.9 health-based violations - SANTA FE COUNTY WEST SECTOR's 1 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for SANTA FE COUNTY WEST SECTOR is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SANTA FE COUNTY WEST SECTOR'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is SANTA FE COUNTY WEST SECTOR'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 SANTA FE COUNTY WEST SECTOR's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,663th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.