(Santa Fe, N.M.) The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is pleased to announce that it is terminating the Administrative Order issued to Chupadero Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association (MDWCA) for violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Chupadero MDWCA is a Community Public Water System located in Santa Fe County serving a population of 160 residents.

The NMED Drinking Water Bureau issued Administrative Order No. 2014-ACO-06, to Chupadero MDWCA on May 2, 2014 due to a failure to submit a corrective action plan within 30 days of receiving notice by the State, and for failure to correct significant deficiencies identified during the May 6, 2013 Sanitary Survey.

NMED has determined that the Chupadero MDWCA water system has complied with the terms and conditions of the Order.

For more information, call NMED Communications Director Allison Scott Majure at (505) 231-8800 or Maria J. Medina, Drinking Water Bureau Enforcement Coordinator, at 505-476-8629.