Public Water System

CASSANDRA WATER SYSTEM

PWSID NM3500330 · New Mexico · 34 people served

Failing

CASSANDRA WATER SYSTEM is an EPA-regulated public water system in New Mexico (PWSID NM3500330). It serves an estimated 34 residents — a rural community of customers — across 1 community across 1 ZIP code.

Over the past five years, CASSANDRA WATER SYSTEM has recorded 68 EPA health-based violations. The grade of F summarizes this compliance pattern. Specific contaminants, dates, and rule citations are listed in the violation history below.

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Centered on the averaged ZIP-code centroid of 1 ZIP served.

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Violations

EPA Health-Based Violations

Health-based Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) violations on file for CASSANDRA WATER SYSTEM over the past five years of EPA SDWIS reporting.

Radiumradiological

EPA Code 4010 · Maximum Contaminant Level Exceedance

violations

EPA Limit

5 pCi/L

Last Reading

9 PCI/L

First Reported

Jan 2021

Most Recent

Apr 2025

What this violation means

Radium-226 and Radium-228 occur naturally in groundwater, particularly in regions with granite or sandstone aquifers. Long-term ingestion increases the risk of bone, sinus, and other cancers because radium concentrates in bone tissue.

Recommended precautions

→Reverse osmosis and ion exchange (water softeners) remove radium.
→Boiling does NOT remove radium and may concentrate it.
→Private well users in radium-rich geology should test every 3–5 years.

Read the complete guide to Radium

Leadchemical

EPA Code 5200 · Treatment Technique Violation

violations

EPA Limit

0.015 mg/L

Last Reading

—

First Reported

Oct 2024

Most Recent

Oct 2024

What this violation means

Lead is a potent neurotoxin with no safe exposure level. In drinking water it primarily enters via corroded lead service lines, lead-soldered copper pipes, and brass fixtures. Children under 6 and pregnant women face the highest risk because lead disrupts developing nervous and skeletal systems.

Recommended precautions

→Run cold tap water 30–120 seconds before drinking or cooking, especially after the tap has been unused for hours.
→Never cook with hot tap water — heat increases lead leaching from pipes.
→Use an NSF/ANSI 53 certified filter for lead removal (carbon block or reverse osmosis).
→If you have children, get blood lead levels tested by your pediatrician.

Read the complete guide to Lead

Radiumradiological

EPA Code 4000 · Maximum Contaminant Level Exceedance

violations

EPA Limit

5 pCi/L

Last Reading

16 PCI/L

First Reported

Apr 2021

Most Recent

Jul 2022

What this violation means

Recommended precautions

→Reverse osmosis and ion exchange (water softeners) remove radium.
→Boiling does NOT remove radium and may concentrate it.
→Private well users in radium-rich geology should test every 3–5 years.

Read the complete guide to Radium

Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). Health-based violations only. Older violations may have been resolved; check your utility's most recent Consumer Confidence Report for current status.

Cities Served by CASSANDRA WATER SYSTEM

MORIATY

ZIP Codes Served

87035

About this system

EPA records this system as PWSID NM3500330. Data reflects the most recent EPA SDWIS publication as of 2026-05-18. Public Water System Identifiers (PWSIDs) are assigned by the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Act program to track every regulated water utility in the United States. The first two letters typically indicate the state primacy agency. For real-time water quality information, contact CASSANDRA WATER SYSTEM directly or review their annual Consumer Confidence Report (CCR).