Desert Aire Mdw And Swa, NM
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2015-2017). 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.
Desert Aire Mdw And Swa at a glance
Desert Aire Mdw And Swa serves about 929 people through 360 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 Dona Ana County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3500507; phone on file: 575-882-3922. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Desert Aire Mdw And Swa is 1 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 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. Desert Aire Mdw And Swa's 1 ppb sits at the 41st percentile in New Mexico and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
43 other systems share Dona Ana County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Desert Aire Mdw And Swa. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Las Cruces Municipal Water System | 98,175 | 2 ppb |
| New Mexico State University | 24,000 | 4 ppb |
| Camino Real Regional Utility Authority | 21,930 | 5 ppb |
| Dona Ana Mdwca | 16,987 | 1.9 ppb |
| Lake Section Water Company | 14,619 | 0 (not detected) |
| Moongate West | 13,362 | 0.56 ppb |
| Lower Rio Grande Pwwa South Valley | 11,542 | 0.31 ppb |
| Moongate Water System | 9,170 | 0.51 ppb |
| Anthony W&Sd | 8,691 | 2 ppb |
| University Estates Water System (Lcu) | 5,292 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Anthony, 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 Desert Aire Mdw And Swa 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.