Buckman Regional Water Treatment Plant, NM
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
Who runs the water here
Buckman Regional Water Treatment Plant serves about 0 people through 28,374 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3502826; phone on file: 505-955-4507. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Nearby utilities
42 other systems share Santa Fe County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Water System (City Of) | 90,810 | 1.1 ppb |
| Eldorado Area Water And Sanitation Dist. | 7,082 | 1.9 ppb |
| Epcor Water New Mexico Inc., Edgewood | 6,795 | 10 ppb |
| Santa Fe County South Sector | 6,775 | 3.3 ppb |
| Santa Fe County West Sector | 3,150 | 5 ppb |
| Glorieta Camps | 2,700 | 11 ppb |
| Las Campanas Water System | 1,937 | 1.6 ppb |
| Sunlit Hills Water System | 1,018 | 2.8 ppb |
| Agua Fria Water Association | 611 | 2.6 ppb |
| El Vadito De Los Cerrillos Water Assoc | 461 | 1.3 ppb |
Next steps for Santa Fe, NM
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Santa Fe, 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 Buckman Regional Water Treatment Plant 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.