Leasburg Mdwca, NM
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Leasburg Mdwca at a glance
Leasburg Mdwca serves about 831 people through 317 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Dona Ana County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3554207; phone on file: 575-526-2445. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Leasburg Mdwca is 1.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.7 ppb |
How Leasburg Mdwca 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. Leasburg Mdwca's 1.2 ppb sits at the 46th percentile in New Mexico and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Dona Ana County
43 other systems share Dona Ana County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Leasburg Mdwca. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Las Cruces Municipal Water System | 98,175 | 2 ppb |
| New Mexico State University | 24,000 | 4 ppb |
| Camino Real Regional Utility Authority | 21,930 | 5 ppb |
| Dona Ana Mdwca | 16,987 | 1.9 ppb |
| Lake Section Water Company | 14,619 | 0 (not detected) |
| Moongate West | 13,362 | 0.56 ppb |
| Lower Rio Grande Pwwa South Valley | 11,542 | 0.31 ppb |
| Moongate Water System | 9,170 | 0.51 ppb |
| Anthony W&Sd | 8,691 | 2 ppb |
| University Estates Water System (Lcu) | 5,292 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Las Cruces, NM
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Las Cruces, 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 Leasburg 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.