Tucumcari Water System, NM
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
About Tucumcari Water System
Tucumcari Water System serves about 6,064 people through 2,660 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Quay County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3528020; phone on file: 575-461-3923. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Tucumcari Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tucumcari Water System is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
How Tucumcari Water System 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. Tucumcari Water System's 2 ppb sits at the 64th percentile in New Mexico and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Quay County
7 other systems share Quay County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tucumcari Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Logan Water System | 2,321 | - |
| Rad Water Users Coop | 641 | 0 (not detected) |
| San Jon Water Supply | 360 | 2 ppb |
| Liberty Mdwca | 266 | 0.55 ppb |
| Hills Village Water System | 126 | 0 (not detected) |
| House Water System | 84 | - |
| Nara Visa Mdwca | 59 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Tucumcari, NM
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tucumcari, 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 Tucumcari 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.