Valle Escondido Homeowners Association, NM
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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
Valle Escondido Homeowners Association serves about 354 people through 145 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Taos County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3574529; phone on file: 575-758-3475. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Valle Escondido Homeowners Association's lead record
Against the period ending 2018 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Valle Escondido Homeowners Association is 2 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
How Valle Escondido Homeowners Association 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. Valle Escondido Homeowners Association's 2 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in New Mexico and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
41 other systems share Taos County; 20 of them have a higher latest lead result than Valle Escondido Homeowners Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Taos Municipal Water System | 5,528 | 5 ppb |
| Questa Water System | 2,337 | 3.3 ppb |
| El Prado Water & Sanitation District | 1,076 | 7 ppb |
| Village Of Taos Ski Valley | 1,025 | 2.6 ppb |
| Llano Quemado Mdwca | 800 | 2 ppb |
| Ranchos De Taos Mdwca | 750 | 2.7 ppb |
| Talpa Mdwca | 700 | 2.2 ppb |
| Red River Water System | 679 | - |
| Chamisal Mdwca | 550 | 1.7 ppb |
| Penasco Mdwca | 549 | 5.3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Taos, 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 Valle Escondido Homeowners Association 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.