Desert Ranch Mdwca, NM
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Desert Ranch Mdwca
Desert Ranch Mdwca serves about 89 people through 35 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 Curry County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3510005; phone on file: 575-693-1629. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Desert Ranch Mdwca is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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 Ranch Mdwca's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 6th percentile in New Mexico and the 8th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Curry County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Desert Ranch Mdwca. 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 |
| Cannon Air Force Base Water System | 7,832 | 0.59 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 |
Your move
Look up your address in Desert Ranch Mdwca's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Desert Ranch Mdwca 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.