Community Water System · PWSID NM3503621

Valley Estates Water & Sewer Association

Serves 194 peopleGroundwaterOwner: Local GovernmentFairview, 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: 128 violations. 35 over the limit · 13 treatment lapses · 33 missed or late tests · 47 notices or reports. Most recent began 2024-10-01.

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

35Over the limit
13Treatment lapse
33Missed or late test
47Notice or report1 open

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: 120002002 · Notice or report: 12004 · Over the limit: 12004 · Notice or report: 12005 · Notice or report: 220052006 · Notice or report: 22007 · Notice or report: 22008 · Notice or report: 22009 · Over the limit: 42009 · Over the limit: 42009 · Notice or report: 12010 · Over the limit: 42010 · Over the limit: 42010 · Notice or report: 120102011 · Over the limit: 42011 · Over the limit: 42012 · Over the limit: 42012 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Missed or late test: 12014 · Over the limit: 42014 · Over the limit: 42014 · Treatment lapse: 62014 · Treatment lapse: 62014 · Missed or late test: 212014 · Missed or late test: 212014 · Missed or late test: 212014 · Missed or late test: 212014 · Missed or late test: 212014 · Missed or late test: 212014 · Missed or late test: 212015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Notice or report: 320152016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Missed or late test: 82016 · Missed or late test: 82016 · Missed or late test: 82016 · Notice or report: 42016 · Notice or report: 42017 · Over the limit: 12017 · Missed or late test: 22017 · Notice or report: 82017 · Notice or report: 82017 · Notice or report: 82018 · Notice or report: 92018 · Notice or report: 92018 · Notice or report: 92019 · Treatment lapse: 72019 · Treatment lapse: 72019 · Treatment lapse: 72019 · Missed or late test: 12019 · Notice or report: 42019 · Notice or report: 42020 · Over the limit: 12020 · Notice or report: 42020 · Notice or report: 420202022 · Notice or report: 12024 · Notice or report: 12025
One square ≈ 3 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
27% over the limit · 3510% treatment lapse · 1326% missed or late test · 3337% notice or report · 47

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×+Combined Uranium2020-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 31.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.0×)2017-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 32.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.1×)2016-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 38.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.3×)2016-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 44.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.5×)2016-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 50.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.7×)2016-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 53.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2015-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 53.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2015-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 54.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2015-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 54.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2015-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 55.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2014-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 54.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2014-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 53.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2014-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 53.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2014-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 54.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2013-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 54.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2013-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 54.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2013-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 55.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2013-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 54.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2012-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 55.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2012-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 56.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.9×)2012-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 55.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2012-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 55.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2011-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 56.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.9×)2011-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 56.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.9×)2011-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 57.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.9×)2011-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 57.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.9×)2010-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 54.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2010-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 55.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2010-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 55.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2010-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 54.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2009-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 55.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2009-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 54.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2009-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 54.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2009-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 54.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (1.8×)2004-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 72.00 UG/L vs limit 30.00 UG/L (2.4×)
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

1.2 ppb
0.5 ppb

Open now (1)

  1. 2020-10-28Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  2. 2022-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  3. 2020-12-23Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  4. 2020-10-28Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationOpen
  5. 2020-06-12Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  6. 2020-02-22Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  7. 2020-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 31.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2019-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  9. 2019-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  10. 2019-09-22Groundwater Rule ×7Failure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  11. 2019-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  12. 2019-06-27Groundwater RuleFailure to Consult with StateBack in compliance
  13. 2019-03-30Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  14. 2018-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  15. 2018-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  16. 2018-03-23Public Notice ×5PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  17. 2018-03-10Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  18. 2017-10-18Public Notice ×4PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  19. 2017-10-07Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  20. 2017-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  21. 2017-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  22. 2017-04-20Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  23. 2017-02-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  24. 2017-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 32.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2017-01-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
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  1. 2016-12-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  2. 2016-11-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  3. 2016-10-10Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  4. 2016-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  5. 2016-10-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  6. 2016-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 38.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2016-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  8. 2016-08-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  9. 2016-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 44.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2016-07-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  11. 2016-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  12. 2016-06-02Revised Total Coliform RuleOtherBack in compliance
  13. 2016-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  14. 2016-05-19Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  15. 2016-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 50.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2016-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 53.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2015-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 53.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2015-07-24Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  19. 2015-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 54.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2015-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  21. 2015-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 54.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2015-03-13Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  23. 2015-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 55.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  24. 2014-12-14Groundwater Rule ×3Failure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  25. 2014-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 54.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  26. 2014-09-18Groundwater Rule ×3Failure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  27. 2014-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 53.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  28. 2014-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 53.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  29. 2014-01-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  30. 2014-01-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  31. 2014-01-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  32. 2014-01-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  33. 2014-01-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  34. 2014-01-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  35. 2014-01-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  36. 2014-01-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  37. 2014-01-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  38. 2014-01-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  39. 2014-01-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  40. 2014-01-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  41. 2014-01-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  42. 2014-01-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  43. 2014-01-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  44. 2014-01-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  45. 2014-01-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  46. 2014-01-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  47. 2014-01-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  48. 2014-01-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  49. 2014-01-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  50. 2014-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 54.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  51. 2013-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  52. 2013-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 54.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  53. 2013-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 54.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  54. 2013-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 55.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  55. 2013-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 54.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  56. 2012-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 55.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  57. 2012-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 56.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  58. 2012-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 55.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  59. 2012-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 55.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  60. 2011-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 56.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  61. 2011-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 56.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  62. 2011-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 57.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  63. 2011-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 57.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  64. 2010-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 54.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  65. 2010-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 55.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  66. 2010-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  67. 2010-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 55.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  68. 2010-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 54.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  69. 2009-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 55.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  70. 2009-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 54.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  71. 2009-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  72. 2009-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 54.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  73. 2009-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Single Samplemeasured 54.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  74. 2008-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  75. 2008-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  76. 2007-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  77. 2007-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  78. 2006-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  79. 2006-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  80. 2005-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  81. 2005-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  82. 2004-08-13Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  83. 2004-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Single Samplemeasured 72.00 UG/L · limit 30.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  84. 2002-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  85. 1999-10-19Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance

System details

Population served194
Service connections68
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityFairview
EPA ZIP on file87533

Areas served

  • Espanola, Rio Arriba County

Reading this record

Valley Estates Water & Sewer Association is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 194 people in Fairview, 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.