Edgewood Meadows Water Corp., NM
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.83 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Edgewood Meadows Water Corp. at a glance
Edgewood Meadows Water Corp. serves about 84 people through 33 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Torrance County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3524830; phone on file: 505-228-7300. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Edgewood Meadows Water Corp. is 4.3 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.83 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.3 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. Edgewood Meadows Water Corp.'s 0.83 ppb sits at the 34th percentile in New Mexico and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
17 other systems share Torrance County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Edgewood Meadows Water Corp.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Moriarty Water System | 2,825 | 8.8 ppb |
| Mountainair Water System | 1,505 | 0 (not detected) |
| Estancia Water System | 1,355 | 3 ppb |
| Indian Hills Water System | 715 | 1.3 ppb |
| Clines Corners Water System | 450 | 19 ppb |
| Echo Valley Water Company | 411 | 0 (not detected) |
| Emwt Rwa Sunset Acres | 317 | 3.6 ppb |
| Willard Village Of | 279 | 2 ppb |
| Torreon Mdwca | 250 | 3 ppb |
| Melody Ranch Water Co | 209 | 4.8 ppb |
Next steps for Edgewood, NM
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Edgewood, 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 Edgewood Meadows Water Corp. 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.