Cloudcroft Water System, NM
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.6 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.
Cloudcroft Water System at a glance
Cloudcroft Water System serves about 2,865 people through 1,082 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Otero County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3513519; phone on file: 575-430-0092. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Cloudcroft Water System's lead record
That is down 1.4 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cloudcroft Water System is 15 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 5.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 15 ppb over 10 |
Against other New Mexico systems
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. Cloudcroft Water System's 2.6 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in New Mexico and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Otero County
35 other systems share Otero County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cloudcroft Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Alamogordo Domestic Water System | 35,301 | 2 ppb |
| Holloman Air Force Base | 13,000 | 1.3 ppb |
| Tularosa Water System | 3,485 | 1.9 ppb |
| Timberon W And Sd | 2,698 | 3.1 ppb |
| La Luz Mdwca | 1,917 | 3.9 ppb |
| Twin Forks Mdwca | 1,274 | 3.6 ppb |
| Cloud Country West Water System | 684 | 1.5 ppb |
| Boles Acres Water System | 657 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eileen Acres Mdwca | 457 | - |
| Robinhood Water Users Association | 426 | 2.6 ppb |
Next steps for Cloudcroft, NM
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cloudcroft, 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 Cloudcroft 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.