Bosque Farms Water Supply System, NM
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Bosque Farms Water Supply System at a glance
Bosque Farms Water Supply System serves about 4,367 people through 1,543 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Valencia County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3510732; phone on file: 505-869-2357. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2019 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bosque Farms Water Supply System is 1.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.55 ppb |
How Bosque Farms Water Supply System compares
Of the 504 New Mexico systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.4 ppb; 14 are over 15 ppb right now and 46 have gone over at some point. Bosque Farms Water Supply System's 1 ppb sits at the 43rd percentile in New Mexico and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Valencia County
16 other systems share Valencia County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bosque Farms Water Supply System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Los Lunas Water System | 19,400 | 5 ppb |
| Belen Water System | 10,830 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rio Communities Water System | 5,513 | 1.3 ppb |
| Rio Del Oro Water System | 4,387 | 0 (not detected) |
| Meadow Lake Water System | 2,760 | 0 (not detected) |
| Monterey Water Company Inc. | 1,472 | 1.4 ppb |
| Hi Mesa Water System | 259 | 0 (not detected) |
| Correo Water Association | 201 | 1.3 ppb |
| Bosque Gardens Mdwca | 141 | 2.2 ppb |
| Trails End Mhp | 112 | 3.4 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Peralta, NM may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Bosque Farms Water Supply System whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.