Correo Water Association, NM
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.3 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
Correo Water Association serves about 201 people through 71 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 groundwater, in Valencia County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3500332; phone on file: 505-697-1705. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Correo Water Association is 1.3 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.3 ppb |
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. Correo Water Association's 1.3 ppb sits at the 47th percentile in New Mexico and the 60th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Valencia County
16 other systems share Valencia County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Correo Water Association. 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) |
| Bosque Farms Water Supply System | 4,367 | 1 ppb |
| 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) |
| Bosque Gardens Mdwca | 141 | 2.2 ppb |
| Trails End Mhp | 112 | 3.4 ppb |
Next steps for Laguna, NM
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Laguna, 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 Correo Water Association 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.