Non-Transient Non-Community · PWSID NM3581126

Pojoaque Valley School District

Serves 1,500 peopleGroundwaterOwner: Local GovernmentSanta Fe, New MexicoServes a school or daycare
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 2005: 97 violations. 24 over the limit · 4 treatment lapses · 49 missed or late tests · 20 notices or reports. Most recent began 2021-10-01.

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

24Over the limit
4Treatment lapse1 open
49Missed or late test
20Notice or report

More violations on record than 94% 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

2005 · Missed or late test: 120052008 · Over the limit: 52008 · Over the limit: 52008 · Over the limit: 52009 · Over the limit: 42009 · Over the limit: 42009 · Notice or report: 32009 · Notice or report: 32010 · Over the limit: 42010 · Over the limit: 42010 · Missed or late test: 120102011 · Over the limit: 32011 · Over the limit: 32011 · Notice or report: 62011 · Notice or report: 62011 · Notice or report: 62012 · Treatment lapse: 22013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Notice or report: 22014 · Over the limit: 42014 · Over the limit: 42014 · Missed or late test: 22015 · Missed or late test: 220152016 · Missed or late test: 172016 · Missed or late test: 172016 · Missed or late test: 172016 · Missed or late test: 172016 · Missed or late test: 172016 · Missed or late test: 172016 · Missed or late test: 172016 · Missed or late test: 172016 · Missed or late test: 172016 · Notice or report: 12017 · Missed or late test: 202017 · Missed or late test: 202017 · Missed or late test: 202017 · Missed or late test: 202017 · Missed or late test: 202017 · Missed or late test: 202017 · Missed or late test: 202017 · Missed or late test: 202017 · Missed or late test: 202017 · Missed or late test: 202017 · Notice or report: 12018 · Treatment lapse: 22018 · Missed or late test: 22018 · Notice or report: 42018 · Notice or report: 42019 · Notice or report: 32019 · Notice or report: 32020 · Missed or late test: 220202021 · Missed or late test: 22025
One square ≈ 2 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
25% over the limit · 244% treatment lapse · 451% missed or late test · 4921% notice or report · 20

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×+Arsenic2014-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0120 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.2×)2014-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0130 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.3×)2014-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0130 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.3×)2014-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0170 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.7×)2013-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0170 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.7×)2013-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0220 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.2×)2013-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0190 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.9×)2013-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0150 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.5×)2011-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0220 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.2×)2011-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0190 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.9×)2011-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0210 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.1×)2010-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0210 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.1×)2010-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0210 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.1×)2010-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0230 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.3×)2010-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0210 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.1×)2009-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0220 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.2×)2009-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0210 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.1×)2009-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0220 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.2×)2009-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0220 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.2×)2008-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0220 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.2×)2008-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0230 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.3×)2008-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0230 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.3×)2008-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0230 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.3×)2008-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0230 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.3×)
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

6.9 ppb
5.1 ppb

Open now (1)

  1. 2018-09-21Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2021-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  2. 2021-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  3. 2020-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  4. 2020-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  5. 2019-03-30Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  6. 2019-02-28Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  7. 2019-01-06Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  8. 2018-12-16Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  9. 2018-09-21Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyOpen
  10. 2018-09-21Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  11. 2018-07-21Public Notice ×3PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  12. 2018-01-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  13. 2018-01-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  14. 2017-12-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  15. 2017-11-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  16. 2017-10-14Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  17. 2017-10-01Chlorine ×3Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  18. 2017-10-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  19. 2017-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  20. 2017-08-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  21. 2017-07-01Chlorine ×2Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  22. 2017-05-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  23. 2017-04-01Chlorine ×2Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  24. 2017-04-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  25. 2017-03-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
Show the other 48 entries
  1. 2017-02-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  2. 2017-01-01Chlorine ×3Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  3. 2017-01-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  4. 2016-12-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  5. 2016-11-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  6. 2016-10-01Chlorine ×3Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  7. 2016-10-01Arsenic ×5Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  8. 2016-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  9. 2016-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  10. 2016-10-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  11. 2016-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  12. 2016-08-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  13. 2016-07-01Chlorine ×2Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  14. 2016-06-02Revised Total Coliform RuleOtherBack in compliance
  15. 2015-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  16. 2015-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  17. 2014-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0120 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2014-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  19. 2014-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  20. 2014-01-01Arsenic ×3MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0130 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  21. 2013-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0170 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2013-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0220 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2013-06-17Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  24. 2013-05-12Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  25. 2013-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0190 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  26. 2013-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0150 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  27. 2012-12-08Groundwater Rule ×2Failure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  28. 2011-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0220 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  29. 2011-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0190 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  30. 2011-01-29Public Notice ×6PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  31. 2011-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0210 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  32. 2010-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  33. 2010-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0210 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  34. 2010-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0210 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  35. 2010-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0230 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  36. 2010-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0210 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  37. 2009-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0220 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  38. 2009-09-19Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  39. 2009-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0210 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  40. 2009-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0220 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  41. 2009-02-07Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  42. 2009-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0220 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  43. 2008-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0220 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  44. 2008-10-01ArsenicMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.0230 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  45. 2008-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0230 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  46. 2008-07-01ArsenicMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.0230 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  47. 2008-04-01ArsenicMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.0230 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  48. 2005-02-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Routine Minor (TCR)Back in compliance

System details

Population served1,500
Service connections2
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeNon-Transient Non-Community
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CitySanta Fe
EPA ZIP on file87506

Areas served

  • Pojoaque, Santa Fe County

Reading this record

Pojoaque Valley School District is a non-transient non-community that draws from groundwater and serves about 1,500 people in Santa Fe, 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.