Epcor Water New Mexico Inc., Edgewood, NM
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 10 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.
About Epcor Water New Mexico Inc., Edgewood
Epcor Water New Mexico Inc., Edgewood serves about 6,795 people through 2,000 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3500326; phone on file: 505-281-3294. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (11 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Epcor Water New Mexico Inc., Edgewood is 11 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 ppb |
| 2023 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 7.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 9.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 11 ppb over 10 |
How Epcor Water New Mexico Inc., Edgewood compares
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. Epcor Water New Mexico Inc., Edgewood's 10 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in New Mexico and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
42 other systems share Santa Fe County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Epcor Water New Mexico Inc., Edgewood. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Water System (City Of) | 90,810 | 1.1 ppb |
| Eldorado Area Water And Sanitation Dist. | 7,082 | 1.9 ppb |
| Santa Fe County South Sector | 6,775 | 3.3 ppb |
| Santa Fe County West Sector | 3,150 | 5 ppb |
| Glorieta Camps | 2,700 | 11 ppb |
| Las Campanas Water System | 1,937 | 1.6 ppb |
| Sunlit Hills Water System | 1,018 | 2.8 ppb |
| Agua Fria Water Association | 611 | 2.6 ppb |
| El Vadito De Los Cerrillos Water Assoc | 461 | 1.3 ppb |
| Bishops Lodge | 450 | 1.8 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 Epcor Water New Mexico Inc., Edgewood whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1400 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.