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Lead in New Mexico drinking water

587 community water systems tested

7.8%
of tested systems exceeded the lead action level
(46/587)

Lead is a neurotoxin with no known safe level. It usually enters water from old service lines and household plumbing rather than the source, so results vary system to system. The EPA acts when the 90th-percentile sample exceeds 0.015 mg/L.

Water systems

Lead value per system, LCR compliance samples. EPA action level — 0.015 mg/L at the 90th percentile. Systems that exceeded the lead action level are highlighted and listed first. “Not detected” means the contaminant was measured but not found.
SystemCityPopulationLead (mg/L)
LA LAMA MDWCA QUESTA 45 0.1300 mg/L
COYOTE MDWCA COYOTE 77 0.1000 mg/L
ELDORADO AREA WATER AND SANITATION DIST. SANTA FE 7,082 0.0570 mg/L
COAL BASIN DWUA GALLUP 116 0.0460 mg/L
CIELO LINDO POJOAQUE 38 0.0408 mg/L
TRANQUILLO PINES WATER USERS COOP TIJERAS 814 0.0400 mg/L
CANJILON WATER SYSTEM CANJILON 469 0.0386 mg/L
WEST RIM MDWUA TAOS 113 0.0379 mg/L
ADOBE VILLAGE HOBBS 83 0.0353 mg/L
LOST HORIZON COOP ASSOCIATION ALBUQUERQUE 95 0.0345 mg/L
COYOTE CREEK MUTUAL DOMESTIC WUA QUEMADO 133 0.0340 mg/L
ALTO NORTH WATER COOP ALTO 107 0.0334 mg/L
CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL GALLINA 263 0.0306 mg/L
CHAMBERINO MDWC & SA CHAMBERINO 777 0.0300 mg/L
Pinehill Community and School Ramah, Pinehill 1,007 0.0283 mg/L
LA LOMITA TRAILER PARK TAOS 97 0.0280 mg/L
BEARCAT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION TIJERAS 60 0.0280 mg/L
CEDAR CREST MDWC & SWA CEDAR CREST 50 0.0275 mg/L
HILLSBORO MDWCA HILLSBORO 172 0.0260 mg/L
SANCHEZ MOBILE HOME PARK EL PRADO 80 0.0260 mg/L
Chuska Community Boarding School BIA Tohatchi 348 0.0244 mg/L
FORT STANTON HISTORIC SITE FORT STANTON 102 0.0236 mg/L
BONITA PARK NAZARENE CONFERENCE CENTER CAPITAN 460 0.0220 mg/L
MELODY RANCH WATER CO MORIARTY 209 0.0220 mg/L
UPPER RANCHITOS MDWCASW TAOS 222 0.0210 mg/L
TIJERAS WATER COOPERATIVE TIJERAS 139 0.0210 mg/L
GREATER CHIMAYO MDWCA CHIMAYO 1,050 0.0208 mg/L
FLOYD WS VILLAGE OF FLOYD 101 0.0206 mg/L
BARRANCO MDWCA ABIQUIU 97 0.0200 mg/L
GLORIETA EAST WATER SUPPLY GLORIETA 59 0.0195 mg/L
LOWER ARROYO HONDO MDWCA ARROYO HONDO 180 0.0194 mg/L
VALLECITOS MDWCA VALLECITOS 84 0.0191 mg/L
PENDARIES MDWCA ROCIADA 500 0.0190 mg/L
LEDOUX MDWCA LEDOUX 117 0.0186 mg/L
ROSWELL CORRECTIONAL CENTER HAGERMAN 280 0.0184 mg/L
BISHOPS LODGE SANTA FE 450 0.0182 mg/L
CRESCENT MHP (SC4360011) SUMTER 259 0.0180 mg/L
LA VISTA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION SANTA FE 37 0.0176 mg/L
BLUEWATER LAKE MDWCA BLUEWATER 135 0.0170 mg/L
ORCHARD ESTATES FLMDWC & SW CORRALES 40 0.0170 mg/L
SANTA FE COUNTY SOUTH SECTOR SANTA FE 6,775 0.0169 mg/L
SIERRA VISTA MUTUAL DOMESTIC ASSOCIATION CEDAR CREST 342 0.0166 mg/L
RIO DE ARENAS SILVER CITY 205 0.0154 mg/L
Toadlena Boarding School BIA Toadlena 200 0.0154 mg/L
SPRING CANYON RANCH QUEMADO 116 0.0153 mg/L
DELANCEY STREET FOUNDATION ALCALDE 83 0.0151 mg/L
CLOUDCROFT WATER SYSTEM CLOUDCROFT 2,865 0.0150 mg/L
SAGEBRUSH WATER CO-OP MENTMORE 54 0.0150 mg/L
GALLINA WATER SYSTEM GALLINA 99 0.0148 mg/L
SKY COUNTRY ESTATES MDWCA CLOUDCROFT 81 0.0148 mg/L
WATROUS MDWCA WATROUS 135 0.0146 mg/L
Mariano Lake Community School BIA Mariano Lake Boarding School 160 0.0145 mg/L
LOWER RIO GRANDE PWWA HIGH VALLEY VADO 63 0.0144 mg/L
TIERRA WEST ESTATES MHP ALBUQUERQUE 1,447 0.0144 mg/L
VILLAGE OF ANGEL FIRE ANGEL FIRE 6,045 0.0144 mg/L
UNION DEL LLANO MDWCA LLANO 400 0.0144 mg/L
OAKLAND HEIGHTS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION ALBUQUERQUE 26 0.0144 mg/L
TWIN FORKS MDWCA MAYHILL 1,274 0.0142 mg/L
RIO EMBUDO MDWCA DIXON 159 0.0142 mg/L
ALTO DE LAS FLORES MDWCA SAN MIGUEL 695 0.0142 mg/L
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY LAS CRUCES 24,000 0.0141 mg/L
VILLAGE OF TAOS SKI VALLEY TAOS SKI VALLEY 1,025 0.0140 mg/L
TYRONE MDWCA TYRONE 70 0.0140 mg/L
CEBOLLA MDWCA CEBOLLA 350 0.0136 mg/L
HOPE WATER SYSTEM HOPE 245 0.0136 mg/L
ARENAS VALLEY MDWCA ARENAS VALLEY 1,204 0.0136 mg/L
CAPITAN WATER SYSTEM CAPITAN 1,821 0.0134 mg/L
SAN ANDRES ESTATES WATER SYSTEM (LCU) LAS CRUCES 747 0.0130 mg/L
RIVERSIDE MDWA ARTESIA 227 0.0130 mg/L
TIERRA MONTE WATER USERS ASSOCIATION ALBUQUERQUE 78 0.0130 mg/L
LABORCITA WATER USERS ASSOCIATION LA LUZ 70 0.0129 mg/L
LA JARA WATER USERS ASSOCIATION LA JARA 458 0.0129 mg/L
LAS CAMPANAS WATER SYSTEM SANTA FE 1,937 0.0126 mg/L
CEDAR CREEK WATER COOPERATIVE INC PLACITAS 141 0.0126 mg/L
CABALLO LAKE MDWCA CABALLO 95 0.0126 mg/L
AGUA FRIA WATER ASSOCIATION SANTA FE 611 0.0126 mg/L
ARROYO SECO MDWCA ARROYO SECO 444 0.0126 mg/L
UNIVERSITY ESTATES WATER SYSTEM (LCU) LAS CRUCES 5,292 0.0125 mg/L
ANCONES MDWWCA LA MADERA 60 0.0124 mg/L
CANADA DE LOS ALAMOS MDWCA SANTA FE 68 0.0124 mg/L
CANONCITO AT APACHE CANYON SANTA FE 250 0.0123 mg/L
MANZANO MDWCA TAJIQUE 55 0.0122 mg/L
ALTO LAKES WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT ALTO 2,870 0.0120 mg/L
ANASAZI TRAILS WATER CO-OP PLACITAS 400 0.0120 mg/L
RUTHERON MUTUAL WATER ASSOCIATION LOS OJOS 90 0.0120 mg/L
SANTA FE WATER SYSTEM (CITY OF) SANTA FE 90,810 0.0118 mg/L
BLUEWATER ACRES WUA THOREAU 331 0.0116 mg/L
HIGH SIERRA ESTATES WATER ASSN ALTO 98 0.0115 mg/L
TAOS MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM TAOS 5,528 0.0114 mg/L
JUNIPER MOBILE PARK HIGH ROLLS 75 0.0113 mg/L
MAXWELL WATER SYSTEM MAXWELL 340 0.0112 mg/L
VALDEZ MDWCA VALDEZ 100 0.0112 mg/L
EAST PECOS MDWCA PECOS 413 0.0112 mg/L
OJO CALIENTE MDWCA OJO CALIENTE 226 0.0112 mg/L
BLUEWATER WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT BLUEWATER 492 0.0112 mg/L
CANYON HILLS AREA WUA ALAMOGORDO 32 0.0111 mg/L
EPCOR WATER NEW MEXICO INC., EDGEWOOD EDGEWOOD 6,795 0.0110 mg/L
CIMARRON WATER SYSTEM CIMARRON 1,260 0.0110 mg/L
LLANO QUEMADO MDWCA RANCHOS DE TAOS 800 0.0110 mg/L
LAKE ARTHUR WATER DEPARTMENT LAKE ARTHUR 374 0.0110 mg/L