Sunlit Hills Water System, NM
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.8 ppb (monitoring period 2016-2018). 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.
Sunlit Hills Water System at a glance
Sunlit Hills Water System serves about 1,018 people through 433 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3505226; phone on file: 505-820-2545. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Sunlit Hills Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2017 (2.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sunlit Hills Water System is 2.8 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.4 ppb |
Against other New Mexico systems
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. Sunlit Hills Water System's 2.8 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in New Mexico and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Santa Fe County
42 other systems share Santa Fe County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sunlit Hills Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Water System (City Of) | 90,810 | 1.1 ppb |
| Eldorado Area Water And Sanitation Dist. | 7,082 | 1.9 ppb |
| Epcor Water New Mexico Inc., Edgewood | 6,795 | 10 ppb |
| Santa Fe County South Sector | 6,775 | 3.3 ppb |
| Santa Fe County West Sector | 3,150 | 5 ppb |
| Glorieta Camps | 2,700 | 11 ppb |
| Las Campanas Water System | 1,937 | 1.6 ppb |
| Agua Fria Water Association | 611 | 2.6 ppb |
| El Vadito De Los Cerrillos Water Assoc | 461 | 1.3 ppb |
| Bishops Lodge | 450 | 1.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Santa Fe, 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 Sunlit Hills Water System 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.