Roosevelt County Wua, NM
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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
Roosevelt County Wua serves about 3,720 people through 1,500 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Roosevelt County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3562222; phone on file: 575-356-6808. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Roosevelt County Wua's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Roosevelt County Wua is 1.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.1 ppb |
How Roosevelt County Wua 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. Roosevelt County Wua's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 22nd percentile in New Mexico and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Roosevelt County
5 other systems share Roosevelt County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Roosevelt County Wua. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Portales Water System | 14,284 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elida Water System | 273 | 0.41 ppb |
| Dora Water System | 161 | 1.1 ppb |
| Floyd Ws Village Of | 101 | 0.64 ppb |
| Causey Water System | 80 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Roosevelt County Wua'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 Roosevelt County Wua 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.