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Lead in New Mexico

Of the 587 water suppliers tested for Lead in New Mexico, 15 exceeded the lead action level (2.6%).

2.6%
of suppliers exceeded the lead action level
587
suppliers tested
New Mexico rankings Lead in New Mexico PFAS in New Mexico

What is Lead?

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 suppliers

Lead value per supplier, LCR compliance samples. EPA action level — 0.015 mg/L at the 90th percentile. Suppliers that exceeded the lead action level are highlighted and listed first. “Not detected” means the contaminant was measured but not found.
SupplierCityPopulationLead (mg/L)
Pinehill Community and School Ramah, Pinehill 1,007 0.0580 mg/L
Vallecitos Mdwca Vallecitos 84 0.0470 mg/L
Cielo Lindo Pojoaque 38 0.0450 mg/L
Sierra Los Pinos Hoa Jemez Springs 300 0.0380 mg/L
Coyote Creek Mutual Domestic Wua Quemado 133 0.0340 mg/L
Bearcat Homeowners Association Tijeras 60 0.0280 mg/L
Sanchez Mobile Home Park El Prado 80 0.0260 mg/L
Aragon Mdwca Aragon 47 0.0260 mg/L
Tijeras Water Cooperative Tijeras 139 0.0210 mg/L
Grady Water System Grady 127 0.0190 mg/L
Riverside Mdwa Artesia 227 0.0179 mg/L
Maxwell Water System Maxwell 340 0.0170 mg/L
Manzano Mdwca Tajique 55 0.0170 mg/L
Toadlena Boarding School Bia Toadlena 200 0.0160 mg/L
Rutheron Mutual Water Association Los Ojos 90 0.0160 mg/L
Lower Arroyo Hondo Mdwca Arroyo Hondo 180 0.0140 mg/L
Quail Hollow Mdwua Tijeras 28 0.0140 mg/L
Chuska Community Boarding School Bia Tohatchi 348 0.0131 mg/L
Whispering Cedars Water Association Jamestown 425 0.0130 mg/L
Loma Grande Estates Water Association Nogal 89 0.0130 mg/L
Peoples Water Coop Deming 76 0.0130 mg/L
Bluewater Water and Sanitation District Bluewater 492 0.0120 mg/L
Burro Mountain Homestead Silver City 415 0.0120 mg/L
Hanover Mdwca Hanover 215 0.0120 mg/L
Fox Hills Water Users Assoc Sandia Park 69 0.0120 mg/L
Epcor Water New Mexico Inc., Edgewood Edgewood 6,795 0.0110 mg/L
Glorieta Camps Glorieta 2,700 0.0110 mg/L
Canjilon Water System Canjilon 469 0.0110 mg/L
El Vadito De Los Cerrillos Water Assoc Cerrillos 461 0.0110 mg/L
Shaw Mobile Home Park (sc4360012) Sumter 173 0.0110 mg/L
Coronado Village Country Club Albuquerque 802 0.0100 mg/L
Navajo Dam Domestic Water Consumers Inc Navajo Dam 545 0.0100 mg/L
Encino Water System Encino 169 0.0100 mg/L
Penasco Mdwca Penasco 549 0.0092 mg/L
University Estates Water System (Lcu) Las Cruces 5,292 0.0090 mg/L
Reserve Water Works Reserve 601 0.0090 mg/L
Valley Mdwca Fort Sumner 454 0.0090 mg/L
Duranes Y Gavilan Mdwca Ojo Caliente 215 0.0090 mg/L
Greater Glorieta Regional Mdc Glorieta 153 0.0090 mg/L
Moriarty Water System Moriarty 2,825 0.0088 mg/L
Pecos Water System Pecos 2,133 0.0084 mg/L
Gamerco Water & Sanitation Gamerco 1,744 0.0083 mg/L
Lybrook Mdwca Nageezi 175 0.0080 mg/L
High Sierra Estates Water Assn Alto 98 0.0080 mg/L
La Vista Homeowners Association Santa Fe 37 0.0080 mg/L
Cuba Water System Cuba 1,789 0.0079 mg/L
Villa Del Sol Mobile Home Park Las Cruces 551 0.0076 mg/L
Nogal Mdwca Nogal 82 0.0074 mg/L
Sandia Knolls Water System Cedar Crest 1,098 0.0073 mg/L
Fambrough Mdwca Hagerman 439 0.0070 mg/L
Pueblo Los Cerros Corrales 180 0.0070 mg/L
Vista Real Mhp Las Cruces 124 0.0070 mg/L
C-Oasis Park Cottonwood 54 0.0070 mg/L
Thoreau High School Thoreau High School Compound 746 0.0069 mg/L
Jemez Springs Dwua Jemez Springs 1,385 0.0068 mg/L
Sena Mdwca Sena 180 0.0068 mg/L
Juniper Mobile Park High Rolls 75 0.0068 mg/L
Alto North Water Coop Alto 107 0.0067 mg/L
Trailer Ranch Senior Mobile Home Commun. Santa Fe 200 0.0066 mg/L
El Creston Mdwca Las Vegas 50 0.0064 mg/L
Las Alturas Estates (Lcu) Las Cruces 936 0.0063 mg/L
Crystal Community Boarding School Bia Crystal 248 0.0062 mg/L
Cerro Regional Mdwca/Swa Cerro 232 0.0062 mg/L
Alto Lakes Water and Sanitation District Alto 2,870 0.0061 mg/L
Mora Mdwca & Swa Mora 1,100 0.0060 mg/L
Freeport Mcmoran Chino Mines Hurley 1,050 0.0060 mg/L
Red River Water System Red River 679 0.0060 mg/L
Santa Cruz Water Association Santa Cruz 394 0.0060 mg/L
Bibo Mutual Domestic Water Assoc Bibo 241 0.0060 mg/L
Green Ridge Mdwca, Inc. Tijeras 154 0.0060 mg/L
Alamo Heights Wua Alamogordo 52 0.0060 mg/L
Village of Angel Fire Angel Fire 6,045 0.0059 mg/L
Jicarilla South Woodyard South Woodyard 33 0.0058 mg/L
South Holman Mdwca Holman 35 0.0056 mg/L
Ancones Mdwwca La Madera 60 0.0055 mg/L
Santa Clara Water System Central 1,682 0.0054 mg/L
La Lama Mdwca Questa 45 0.0054 mg/L
Bluewater Lake Mdwca Bluewater 135 0.0053 mg/L
Cloud Country Estates Wua Mayhill 356 0.0052 mg/L
New Mexico Boys and Girls Ranch Las Nutrias 60 0.0052 mg/L
Los Lunas Water System Los Lunas 19,400 0.0050 mg/L
Taos Municipal Water System Taos 5,528 0.0050 mg/L
Santa Fe County West Sector Santa Fe 3,150 0.0050 mg/L
Southside Mutual Domestic Water Aztec 1,609 0.0050 mg/L
Kayenta Sandstone Housing Kayenta 1,375 0.0050 mg/L
Canon Mdwca Canon 320 0.0050 mg/L
Ojo Caliente Mdwca Ojo Caliente 226 0.0050 mg/L
Miami Water Users Association Miami 135 0.0050 mg/L
Chapelle Mdwca Serafina 60 0.0050 mg/L
La Cueva Mdwca Pecos 48 0.0050 mg/L
Chippeway Park Water Association Cloudcroft 193 0.0049 mg/L
Melody Ranch Water Co Moriarty 209 0.0048 mg/L
La Pasada Mdwca Pecos 191 0.0048 mg/L
Virden Water System Lordsburg 145 0.0048 mg/L
Las Haciendas Homeowners Wua Taos 72 0.0046 mg/L
Ranchos De Taos Mdwca Ranchos De Taos 750 0.0045 mg/L
Hyde Park Estates Water Users Assoc Santa Fe 172 0.0044 mg/L
Capitan Water System Capitan 1,821 0.0043 mg/L
Thoreau Water & Sanitation District Thoreau 1,173 0.0043 mg/L
Alto Mountain Village Alto 271 0.0043 mg/L