Community Water System · PWSID NM3576723

Placitas Trails Water Coop

Serves 355 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Nothing open that measures the water, but 1 open testing or paperwork violation.

A missed test is not evidence of bad water. It also is not evidence of good water: for that period nobody checked.

On record since 1999: 58 violations. 29 over the limit · 1 treatment lapse · 13 missed or late tests · 15 notices or reports. Most recent began 2019-08-01.

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

29Over the limit
1Treatment lapse
13Missed or late test
15Notice or report1 open

More violations on record than 86% 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: 120002005 · Notice or report: 22005 · Notice or report: 220052007 · Missed or late test: 12008 · Over the limit: 32008 · Over the limit: 32008 · Over the limit: 32009 · Over the limit: 62009 · Over the limit: 62009 · Over the limit: 62009 · Over the limit: 62009 · Over the limit: 62009 · Over the limit: 62009 · Notice or report: 32009 · Notice or report: 32009 · Notice or report: 32010 · Over the limit: 42010 · Over the limit: 42010 · Over the limit: 42010 · Over the limit: 420102011 · Over the limit: 42011 · Over the limit: 42011 · Over the limit: 42011 · Over the limit: 42011 · Notice or report: 22011 · Notice or report: 22012 · Over the limit: 52012 · Over the limit: 52012 · Over the limit: 52012 · Over the limit: 52012 · Over the limit: 52012 · Notice or report: 12013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42014 · Over the limit: 32014 · Over the limit: 32014 · Over the limit: 32014 · Missed or late test: 42014 · Missed or late test: 42014 · Missed or late test: 42014 · Missed or late test: 42014 · Notice or report: 32014 · Notice or report: 32014 · Notice or report: 32015 · Treatment lapse: 12015 · Missed or late test: 32015 · Missed or late test: 32015 · Missed or late test: 32015 · Notice or report: 22015 · Notice or report: 220152016 · Missed or late test: 12017 · Missed or late test: 12018 · Notice or report: 12019 · Missed or late test: 32019 · Missed or late test: 32019 · Missed or late test: 320202025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
50% over the limit · 292% treatment lapse · 122% missed or late test · 1326% notice or report · 15

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

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+Arsenic2014-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0110 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.1×)2014-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0140 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.4×)2014-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0210 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.1×)2013-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0300 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.0×)2013-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0370 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.7×)2013-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0400 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (4.0×)2013-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0410 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (4.1×)2012-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0320 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.2×)2012-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0410 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (4.1×)2012-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0430 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (4.3×)2012-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0440 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (4.4×)2012-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0430 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (4.3×)2011-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0400 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (4.0×)2011-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0380 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.8×)2011-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0370 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.7×)2011-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0360 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.6×)2010-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0370 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.7×)2010-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0380 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.8×)2010-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0380 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.8×)2010-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0390 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.9×)2009-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0400 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (4.0×)2009-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0310 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.1×)2009-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0420 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (4.2×)2009-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0420 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (4.2×)2009-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0440 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (4.4×)2009-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0382 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.8×)2008-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0367 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.7×)2008-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0350 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.5×)2008-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0170 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.7×)
Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

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 2 results on file · action level 15 ppb

2.5 ppb
2.4 ppb

Open now (1)

  1. 2018-08-05Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2019-08-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  2. 2019-07-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  3. 2019-06-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  4. 2018-08-05Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  5. 2017-06-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  6. 2016-06-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  7. 2015-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  8. 2015-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  9. 2015-07-18Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  10. 2015-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  11. 2015-06-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  12. 2015-05-01Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  13. 2014-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  14. 2014-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0110 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2014-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  16. 2014-06-29Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  17. 2014-06-13Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  18. 2014-06-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  19. 2014-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0140 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2014-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  21. 2014-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  22. 2014-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0210 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2013-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0300 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  24. 2013-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0370 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2013-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0400 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
Show the other 30 entries
  1. 2013-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0410 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  2. 2012-10-01Arsenic ×2MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0320 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  3. 2012-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  4. 2012-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0430 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2012-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0440 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2012-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0430 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2011-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0400 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2011-07-21Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  9. 2011-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0380 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2011-05-05Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  11. 2011-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0370 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2011-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0360 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2010-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0370 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2010-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0380 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2010-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0380 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2010-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0390 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2009-10-01Arsenic ×2MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0400 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2009-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0420 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2009-05-18Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  20. 2009-05-17Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  21. 2009-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0420 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2009-03-16Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  23. 2009-01-01Arsenic ×2MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0440 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  24. 2008-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0367 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2008-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0350 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  26. 2008-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0170 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  27. 2007-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  28. 2005-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  29. 2005-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  30. 1999-10-19Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance

System details

Population served355
Service connections154
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityAlbuquerque
EPA ZIP on file87109

Areas served

  • Placitas, Sandoval County

Reading this record

Placitas Trails Water Coop is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 355 people in Albuquerque, 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.