Public water system record
Cloud Country West Water System
Serves an area of Otero County, NM that includes Alamogordo · 684 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Cloud Country West Water System in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 2
Key facts
- Cloud Country West Water System draws water from 1 well.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, June 2002.
- Record on file since 1997, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 58 unknown out of 269 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
Full record since 1997
EPA's records for Cloud Country West Water System go back to 1997. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 9 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began November 1998, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1998 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
EPA took 2 formal enforcement actions against Cloud Country West Water System between 2000 and 2002. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in June 2002.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2002 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Aug 21, 2000 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Consumer Confidence Rule |
Where the water comes from
Cloud Country West Water System draws water from 1 well.
Annual water quality report
Cloud Country West Water System 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.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
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.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells