# COLUMBUS WATER SYSTEM
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `39025`
- **Case Number:** 06-1999-0356
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $500K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- COLUMBUS WATER SYSTEM (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 1414 OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ( SDWA ), 42     U.S.C. SECTION 300F TO 300J-26, AS AMENDED.               2. COLUMBUS WATER SYSTEM                                        P.O. BOX 350                                                 COLUMBUS, LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 88029                   3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1412 OF THE SDWA      BY 1) EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL (MCL) FOR      FLUORIDE, AND 2) EXCEEDING THE MCL FOR GROSS ALPHA PART-     ICLE ACTIVITY.                                            4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1414 OF THE SDWA, EPA      ISSUED THE RESPONDENT AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO). THE      AO ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) WITHIN 180 DAYS, SERVE      WATER THAT DOES EXCEED THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL FOR     FLUORIDE AND GROSS ALPHA PARTICLE RADIOACTIVITY, AND B)      IF NOT ABLE TO COMPLY WITH MCL FOR FLUORIDE AND GROSS        ALPHA PARTICLE RADIOACTIVITY WITHIN 180 DAYS, WITHIN 180     DAYS, SUBMIT TO EPA A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO INCLUDE COSTS     OF TREATING WATER TO MEET STANDARDS OR PURCHASING WATER      FROM AN APPROVED WATER SYSTEM IF AVAILABLE.

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