Public Water System
PWSID NM3530608 · New Mexico · 1,880 people served
ARTESIA RURAL WATER COOPERATIVE is an EPA-regulated public water system in New Mexico (PWSID NM3530608). It serves an estimated 1,880 residents — a rural community of customers — across 1 community across 1 ZIP code.
Over the past five years, ARTESIA RURAL WATER COOPERATIVE has recorded 16 EPA health-based violations. The grade of F summarizes this compliance pattern. Specific contaminants, dates, and rule citations are listed in the violation history below.
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Centered on the averaged ZIP-code centroid of 1 ZIP served.
Population
1,880
Cities
1
ZIPs
1
Violations
16
Health-based Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) violations on file for ARTESIA RURAL WATER COOPERATIVE over the past five years of EPA SDWIS reporting.
EPA Code 1085 · Maximum Contaminant Level Exceedance
violations
EPA Limit
—
Last Reading
.029 MG/L
First Reported
Jul 2024
Most Recent
Apr 2025
EPA contaminant code 1085. The full EPA reference for this code is available through the SDWIS portal.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). Health-based violations only. Older violations may have been resolved; check your utility's most recent Consumer Confidence Report for current status.
EPA records this system as PWSID NM3530608. Data reflects the most recent EPA SDWIS publication as of 2026-05-18. Public Water System Identifiers (PWSIDs) are assigned by the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Act program to track every regulated water utility in the United States. The first two letters typically indicate the state primacy agency. For real-time water quality information, contact ARTESIA RURAL WATER COOPERATIVE directly or review their annual Consumer Confidence Report (CCR).
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