Rodeo Mdw & Mswa, NM
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
About Rodeo Mdw & Mswa
Rodeo Mdw & Mswa serves about 118 people through 45 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 Hidalgo County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3522912; phone on file: 575-557-2295. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Rodeo Mdw & Mswa's lead record
That is down 5 ppb from 5 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rodeo Mdw & Mswa is 5 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 5 ppb |
How Rodeo Mdw & Mswa 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. Rodeo Mdw & Mswa's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 8th 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.
Nearby utilities
3 other systems share Hidalgo County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Rodeo Mdw & Mswa. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lordsburg Water Supply System | 3,298 | 0.72 ppb |
| Glen Acres Water Coop | 180 | - |
| Virden Water System | 145 | 4.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Rodeo Mdw & Mswa'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 Rodeo Mdw & Mswa 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.