Fox Hills Water Users Assoc, NM
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About Fox Hills Water Users Assoc
Fox Hills Water Users Assoc serves about 69 people through 27 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3500701; phone on file: 505-620-8147. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 7 ppb from 5 ppb in the period ending 2016. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fox Hills Water Users Assoc is 12 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 5 ppb |
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. Fox Hills Water Users Assoc's 12 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in New Mexico and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
41 other systems share Bernalillo County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fox Hills Water Users Assoc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque Water System | 560,326 | 0 (not detected) |
| University Of New Mexico | 35,000 | 1.1 ppb |
| Kirtland Air Force Base | 22,500 | 2.3 ppb |
| Sandia Peak Utility | 6,079 | 2.8 ppb |
| Tierra West Estates Mhp | 1,447 | 1 ppb |
| Sandia Knolls Water System | 1,098 | 1.1 ppb |
| Tranquillo Pines Mdwca | 814 | 3.3 ppb |
| Coronado Village Country Club | 802 | 2.1 ppb |
| Tijeras (Village Of) | 541 | 1 ppb |
| South Hills Water Company | 506 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sandia Park, 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 Fox Hills Water Users Assoc 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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.