Torreon Mdwca, NM
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Who runs the water here
Torreon Mdwca serves about 250 people through 92 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 Torrance County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3524630; phone on file: 505-384-2990. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Torreon Mdwca is 3 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 ppb |
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Torreon Mdwca's 3 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in New Mexico and the 81st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
17 other systems share Torrance County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Torreon Mdwca. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Moriarty Water System | 2,825 | 8.8 ppb |
| Mountainair Water System | 1,505 | 0 (not detected) |
| Estancia Water System | 1,355 | 3 ppb |
| Indian Hills Water System | 715 | 1.3 ppb |
| Clines Corners Water System | 450 | 19 ppb |
| Echo Valley Water Company | 411 | 0 (not detected) |
| Emwt Rwa Sunset Acres | 317 | 3.6 ppb |
| Willard Village Of | 279 | 2 ppb |
| Melody Ranch Water Co | 209 | 4.8 ppb |
| Emwt Rwa Homestead | 208 | 4.5 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Torreon, 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 Torreon 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. 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.