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SOCORRO WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained

SOCORRO WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 12,026 people get their water from it, across 3,770 connections.

SOCORRO WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country

55 total violations and 36 health-based ones put SOCORRO WATER SYSTEM at the 97th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 443 of 12,903.

How SOCORRO WATER SYSTEM compares within NM

NM's 102 covered systems average 13.9 health-based violations each; SOCORRO WATER SYSTEM carries 36, 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 SOCORRO WATER SYSTEM is from 2022-01-10 (health-based: 2013-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

SOCORRO 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:

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 SOCORRO WATER SYSTEM 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. This record - 36 health-based violations on file for SOCORRO WATER SYSTEM - 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.