Upper Holman Mdwca, NM
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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 Upper Holman Mdwca
Upper Holman Mdwca serves about 325 people through 74 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 Mora County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3535518; phone on file: 575-387-6699. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Upper Holman Mdwca is 8 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 8 ppb |
| 2019 | 8 ppb |
How Upper Holman Mdwca 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. Upper Holman Mdwca's 2 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in New Mexico and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Mora County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Upper Holman Mdwca. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mora Mdwca & Swa | 1,100 | 6 ppb |
| Wagon Mound Water System | 402 | - |
| Agua Pura Mdwca | 357 | 2.4 ppb |
| Cleveland Mdwca | 270 | 3 ppb |
| San Antonio De Cleveland Mdwca | 269 | 1.9 ppb |
| Agua Negra Mdwca | 242 | 0 (not detected) |
| Buena Vista Mdwc & Swa | 225 | 0.4 ppb |
| Rainsville Water & Sanitation District | 177 | 1.3 ppb |
| Watrous Mdwca | 135 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ledoux Mdwca | 117 | 2.5 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Holman, 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 Upper Holman 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.