Morningside Water Users Cooperative, NM
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
About Morningside Water Users Cooperative
Morningside Water Users Cooperative serves about 348 people through 137 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Eddy County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3520408; phone on file: 575-308-1688. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Nearby utilities
13 other systems share Eddy County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Carlsbad Municipal Water System | 33,626 | 0.73 ppb |
| Artesia Municipal Water System | 15,176 | 1.4 ppb |
| Otis Mdwca | 4,464 | 3 ppb |
| Artesia Rural Water Cooperative | 1,950 | 0.99 ppb |
| Loving Water System | 1,862 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cottonwood Water Mdwca | 1,781 | 2 ppb |
| Malaga Mdwc Swa | 868 | 1 ppb |
| Happy Valley Cooperative Water Works | 638 | 2.6 ppb |
| Hope Water System | 245 | 0 (not detected) |
| Riverside Mdwa | 227 | 17.9 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Artesia, 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 Morningside Water Users Cooperative 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.