Hills Village Water System, NM
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Hills Village Water System serves about 126 people through 47 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Quay County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3510120; phone on file: 575-403-8566. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hills Village Water System is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Hills Village Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 9th percentile in New Mexico and the 11th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Quay County
7 other systems share Quay County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hills Village Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tucumcari Water System | 6,064 | 2 ppb |
| Logan Water System | 2,321 | - |
| Rad Water Users Coop | 641 | 0 (not detected) |
| San Jon Water Supply | 360 | 2 ppb |
| Liberty Mdwca | 266 | 0.55 ppb |
| House Water System | 84 | - |
| Nara Visa Mdwca | 59 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Hills Village Water System'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 Hills Village Water System 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.