Cannon Air Force Base Water System, NM
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.59 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Cannon Air Force Base Water System serves about 7,832 people through 1,123 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws groundwater, in Curry County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3567905; phone on file: 575-904-6734. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (0.59 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cannon Air Force Base Water System is 0.59 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.59 ppb |
| 2025 | 0.59 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Cannon Air Force Base Water 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. Cannon Air Force Base Water System's 0.59 ppb sits at the 29th percentile in New Mexico and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Curry County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cannon Air Force Base Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Epcor Water New Mexico Inc Clovis | 41,066 | 1 ppb |
| Texico Water System | 1,426 | - |
| Melrose Water System | 1,296 | 1 ppb |
| Longhorn Estates Mdwca | 264 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grady Water System | 127 | 19 ppb |
| Turquoise Estates Water Coop | 97 | 1 ppb |
| Desert Ranch Mdwca | 89 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cannon Afb, 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 Cannon Air Force Base Water 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.