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Combined Uranium violations in New Mexico

7 active public water systems in New Mexico had a Combined Uranium violation in the past three years, 3 of them in the latest quarter of EPA's data. What Combined Uranium is and why it matters.

Health effects: Uranium poses both radiological and chemical health risks. Chronic exposure is primarily associated with kidney damage due to its chemical toxicity as a heavy metal. The radiological risk — increased cancer probability — is also present but secondary to the nephrotoxic concern at drinking water concentrations. There is no safe threshold for radiation exposure.

Systems with a Combined Uranium violation

Latest quarter first, then largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Dona Ana Mdwca
Dona Ana · Doña Ana County
16,987 4 2
Santa Cruz Water Association
Santa Cruz · Santa Fe County
394 6 2
Pojoaque Terraces MHP
Pojoaque · Santa Fe County
160 3 1
Acoma Main
County
2,374 3 1
Nambe Pueblo
County
800 4 0
Cassandra Water System
Moriarty · Torrance County
34 7 6
National Solar Observatory
Sunspot · Otero County
26 7 1
About this data

A system is counted once if any of its violations in the past three years involved Combined Uranium, including monitoring and reporting lapses. Rules violated and status in the table are for the whole system, not Combined Uranium alone.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The New Mexico records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet.