Community Water System · PWSID NM3500821

Capulin Mdwca

Serves 215 peopleGroundwaterOwner: Local GovernmentGallina, New Mexico
1 open treatment violation.

Open for: Groundwater Rule. EPA counts treatment-technique violations as health-based: a required protective step was not done. It is not a measurement of contamination.

On record since 1999: 143 violations. 20 treatment lapses · 72 missed or late tests · 51 notices or reports. Most recent began 2024-04-01.

None of them is a measurement of contaminated water.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

0Over the limit
20Treatment lapse1 open
72Missed or late test
51Notice or report

More violations on record than 97% of active water systems in New Mexico. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

1999 · Notice or report: 120002003 · Notice or report: 12004 · Notice or report: 12005 · Missed or late test: 12005 · Notice or report: 120052006 · Notice or report: 12007 · Missed or late test: 12008 · Notice or report: 22009 · Missed or late test: 12009 · Notice or report: 22010 · Missed or late test: 120102011 · Missed or late test: 12011 · Notice or report: 22012 · Missed or late test: 12012 · Notice or report: 22013 · Missed or late test: 12013 · Notice or report: 12014 · Treatment lapse: 52014 · Treatment lapse: 52014 · Missed or late test: 52014 · Missed or late test: 52014 · Notice or report: 12015 · Missed or late test: 32015 · Notice or report: 120152016 · Missed or late test: 122016 · Missed or late test: 122016 · Missed or late test: 122016 · Notice or report: 22017 · Missed or late test: 262017 · Missed or late test: 262017 · Missed or late test: 262017 · Missed or late test: 262017 · Missed or late test: 262017 · Missed or late test: 262017 · Missed or late test: 262017 · Notice or report: 152017 · Notice or report: 152017 · Notice or report: 152017 · Notice or report: 152018 · Missed or late test: 152018 · Missed or late test: 152018 · Missed or late test: 152018 · Missed or late test: 152018 · Notice or report: 72018 · Notice or report: 72019 · Treatment lapse: 62019 · Treatment lapse: 62019 · Missed or late test: 22019 · Notice or report: 52019 · Notice or report: 52020 · Missed or late test: 12020 · Notice or report: 220202021 · Notice or report: 12022 · Notice or report: 22023 · Treatment lapse: 92023 · Treatment lapse: 92023 · Treatment lapse: 92024 · Missed or late test: 12024 · Notice or report: 12025
One square ≈ 4 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
14% treatment lapse · 2050% missed or late test · 7236% notice or report · 51

Across New Mexico, 40% of violations are missed or late tests and 6% are water over a limit.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 3 results on file · action level 15 ppb

1.5 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb

Open now (1)

  1. 2014-11-19Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-04-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2024-03-23Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  3. 2023-03-08Groundwater Rule ×9Failure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  4. 2022-12-11Groundwater RuleFailure to Consult with StateBack in compliance
  5. 2022-02-23Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  6. 2021-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  7. 2020-05-04Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  8. 2020-02-16Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  9. 2020-01-01AsbestosMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2019-09-14Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  11. 2019-07-31Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  12. 2019-07-02Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  13. 2019-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  14. 2019-05-29Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  15. 2019-05-05Groundwater Rule ×6Failure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  16. 2019-01-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  17. 2019-01-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  18. 2018-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  19. 2018-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  20. 2018-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  21. 2018-05-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  22. 2018-04-27Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  23. 2018-04-01Chlorine ×3Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  24. 2018-04-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  25. 2018-03-22Public Notice ×4PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
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  1. 2018-03-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  2. 2018-02-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  3. 2018-01-31Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  4. 2018-01-01Chlorine ×3Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  5. 2018-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  6. 2018-01-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  7. 2017-12-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  8. 2017-11-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  9. 2017-10-14Public Notice ×4PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  10. 2017-10-08Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  11. 2017-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  12. 2017-10-01Chlorine ×3Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  13. 2017-10-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  14. 2017-09-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  15. 2017-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  16. 2017-08-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  17. 2017-07-01Chlorine ×3Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  18. 2017-07-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  19. 2017-07-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  20. 2017-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  21. 2017-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  22. 2017-05-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  23. 2017-04-27Public Notice ×7PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  24. 2017-04-01Chlorine ×3Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  25. 2017-04-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  26. 2017-03-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  27. 2017-02-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  28. 2017-01-01Chlorine ×3Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  29. 2017-01-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  30. 2017-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  31. 2016-12-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  32. 2016-11-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  33. 2016-10-01Chlorine ×2Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  34. 2016-10-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  35. 2016-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  36. 2016-08-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  37. 2016-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  38. 2016-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  39. 2016-07-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  40. 2016-07-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  41. 2016-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  42. 2016-06-02Revised Total Coliform RuleOtherBack in compliance
  43. 2016-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  44. 2015-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  45. 2015-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  46. 2015-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  47. 2015-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  48. 2014-11-19Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyOpen
  49. 2014-11-19Groundwater Rule ×4Failure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  50. 2014-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  51. 2014-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  52. 2014-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  53. 2014-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  54. 2014-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  55. 2014-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  56. 2013-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  57. 2013-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  58. 2012-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  59. 2012-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  60. 2012-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  61. 2011-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  62. 2011-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  63. 2011-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  64. 2010-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  65. 2009-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  66. 2009-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  67. 2009-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  68. 2008-08-18Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  69. 2008-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  70. 2007-01-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance
  71. 2006-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  72. 2005-07-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance
  73. 2005-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  74. 2004-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  75. 2003-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  76. 1999-10-19Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance

System details

Population served215
Service connections81
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityGallina
EPA ZIP on file87017

Areas served

  • Capulin, Rio Arriba County

Reading this record

Capulin Mdwca is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 215 people in Gallina, New Mexico. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.