Public water system record

Ojo Feliz MDWCA

Serves an area of Mora County, NM · 63 people served

Federal records show 19 health-based violations and 116 monitoring/reporting issues for Ojo Feliz MDWCA in the last ten years, including an unresolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • NM3510018
  • OJO FELIZ
  • NM
  • 63 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 87735
EPA system ID NM3510018

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
19
Resolved
17
Unresolved
2
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
116

Key facts

  • Ojo Feliz MDWCA draws water from 1 well.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by New Mexico, January 2017.
  • Record on file since 1981, with 12 health-based violations before October 20, 2016.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
350 Oct 17, 2024 Active No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Aug 20, 2023 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Aug 20, 2023 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Aug 20, 2023 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Aug 20, 2023 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Aug 20, 2023 Active No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Aug 20, 2023 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Aug 20, 2023 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Mar 20, 2019 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Mar 20, 2019 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Apr 22, 2015 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Apr 22, 2015 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Apr 22, 2015 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Apr 22, 2015 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Apr 22, 2015 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Jan 25, 2015 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Jan 25, 2015 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Jan 25, 2015 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Apr 30, 2011 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Public Notice
OTHER
Feb 7, 2025 Resolved
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
Oct 17, 2024 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
Jun 23, 2024 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Jun 6, 2024 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Apr 21, 2024 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Oct 21, 2023 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
May 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
OTHER
Jan 25, 2023 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Oct 24, 2021 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Dec 2, 2020 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Sep 1, 2020 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Apr 8, 2020 Resolved
Asbestos
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Public Notice
OTHER
Dec 20, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Dec 20, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Dec 20, 2019 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Oct 1, 2019 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Mar 28, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Feb 28, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Jan 20, 2019 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
OTHER
Dec 23, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Dec 16, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Nov 23, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Nov 10, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Nov 4, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Nov 4, 2018 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Oct 1, 2018 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Aug 22, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Aug 22, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Aug 22, 2018 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Jun 16, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Jun 16, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Apr 6, 2018 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2018 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2018 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Mar 17, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Mar 17, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Feb 17, 2018 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Feb 1, 2018 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2018 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2018 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2018 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Jan 1, 2018 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Dec 1, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Nov 4, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Nov 3, 2017 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Nov 1, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Oct 8, 2017 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Sep 7, 2017 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Sep 1, 2017 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Aug 1, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Jul 28, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Jul 23, 2017 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Jun 1, 2017 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
May 1, 2017 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2017 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2017 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2017 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Apr 1, 2017 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Mar 1, 2017 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Feb 1, 2017 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Dec 1, 2016 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Nov 1, 2016 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2016 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
OTHER
Jun 2, 2016 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Feb 4, 2016 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Jun 27, 2015 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Jun 27, 2015 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Feb 19, 2015 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Dec 11, 2014 Active
Enforcement action in place
Public Notice
OTHER
Nov 12, 2014 Active
Enforcement action in place
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
Nov 7, 2014 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Aug 8, 2014 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Aug 8, 2014 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2014 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Jan 24, 2014 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2013 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2012 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Oct 1, 2012 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2012 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Oct 1, 2011 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2011 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Oct 1, 2010 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2010 Resolved

Full record since 1981

EPA's records for Ojo Feliz MDWCA go back to 1981. Before October 20, 2016 they list 12 health-based violations (12 resolved) and 101 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 7
1990s 0 3
2000s 0 12
2010 to October 19, 2016 12 79
October 20, 2016 to 2019 2 72
2020s 8 15

Most recent health-based violation before October 20, 2016: Groundwater Rule, began April 2015, Resolved.

Show all 12 health-based violations before October 20, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
Apr 22, 2015 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
Apr 22, 2015 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
Apr 22, 2015 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
Apr 22, 2015 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
Apr 22, 2015 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
Jan 25, 2015 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
Jan 25, 2015 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
Jan 25, 2015 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
Nov 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Nov 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
Aug 1, 2011 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
Apr 30, 2011 Resolved

Enforcement actions

New Mexico regulators and EPA took 3 formal enforcement actions against Ojo Feliz MDWCA and issued 1 boil water order between 2002 and 2017. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in January 2017.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 13, 2017 New Mexico Compliance order with a penalty 46 violations (8 health-based): Revised Total Coliform Rule, Chlorine, Consumer Confidence Rule, E. coli, Groundwater Rule
Nov 10, 2014 New Mexico Boil water order 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform
Jul 23, 2013 New Mexico Compliance order (no penalty) 11 violations (1 health-based): Groundwater Rule, Consumer Confidence Rule, Chlorine
Aug 7, 2002 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Consumer Confidence Rule

What the violations mean

Groundwater Rule

18 incidents

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Groundwater Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Ojo Feliz MDWCA draws water from 1 well.

Annual water quality report

Ojo Feliz MDWCA must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Ojo Feliz MDWCA for a copy.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by New Mexico.