Ojo Feliz Mdwca, NM
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.9 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 Ojo Feliz Mdwca
Ojo Feliz Mdwca serves about 63 people through 30 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Mora County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3510018; phone on file: 575-387-6471. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ojo Feliz Mdwca is 0.9 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.9 ppb |
How Ojo Feliz 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. Ojo Feliz Mdwca's 0.9 ppb sits at the 35th percentile in New Mexico and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Mora County
14 other systems share Mora County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ojo Feliz Mdwca. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mora Mdwca & Swa | 1,100 | 6 ppb |
| Wagon Mound Water System | 402 | - |
| Agua Pura Mdwca | 357 | 2.4 ppb |
| Upper Holman Mdwca | 325 | 2 ppb |
| Cleveland Mdwca | 270 | 3 ppb |
| San Antonio De Cleveland Mdwca | 269 | 1.9 ppb |
| Agua Negra Mdwca | 242 | 0 (not detected) |
| Buena Vista Mdwc & Swa | 225 | 0.4 ppb |
| Rainsville Water & Sanitation District | 177 | 1.3 ppb |
| Watrous Mdwca | 135 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ojo Feliz, 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 Ojo Feliz 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.