SILVER CITY WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
SILVER CITY WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 14,400 people get their water from it, across 7,445 connections.
SILVER CITY WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
11 total violations and 4 health-based ones put SILVER CITY WATER SYSTEM at the 66th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,371 of 12,903.
How SILVER CITY WATER SYSTEM compares within NM
Among the 102 NM systems in this dataset, the average is 13.9 health-based violations - SILVER CITY WATER SYSTEM's 4 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 SILVER CITY WATER SYSTEM is from 2019-01-02 (health-based: 2014-01-02). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SILVER CITY 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); 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 this data is and is not
SILVER CITY WATER SYSTEM'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 11 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.