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Get your water tested in New Mexico.

The labs New Mexico certifies to test drinking water, from the state’s own list of Sept. 30, 2026. A lab test is the only way to know what is in your own tap or well.

The short answer

New Mexico’s list has 44 labs certified to test drinking water: 23 in New Mexico and 21 in other states. 7 of the labs here are named for a water utility and may test only its own water, so they come last.

Certification is test by test, so check that a lab is certified for what you want tested, and call first: it will say which bottles to use and how soon the sample has to arrive.

From the state

  • New Mexico Environment Department

    Water fairs in New Mexico communities, where well owners bring in a quart of well water to be tested for arsenic, nitrate, fluoride, iron, sulfate, pH and conductivity, with results mailed in two to four weeks. Dates are on the department's calendar.

    Water Fairs, New Mexico Environment Department, checked Oct. 10, 2026

Labs in New Mexico

16 labs, by city.

Labs in New Mexico, certified by New Mexico
LabCityPhoneCertified for
Diagnostic & Technology CenterAlamogordo(505) 434-4944Bacteria
ABCWUA Water Quality LabAlbuquerque(505) 289-3499Bacteria, lead and copper
Environmental Testing Services Co., Inc.Albuquerque(505) 881-0243Bacteria
Eurofins Environmental Testing South CentralAlbuquerque(505) 345-3975Bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS, radioactivity, asbestos
Industrial Water EngineeringAlbuquerque(505) 345-5055Bacteria
SLD - Scientific Laboratory DivisionAlbuquerque(505) 383-9000Bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS, radioactivity
EPCOR WaterClovis(575) 763-5538Bacteria
NM Water Testing LaboratoryEspanola(505) 929-4545Bacteria
Farmington Environmental LabFarmington(505) 325-6953Bacteria
Gallup Microbiology LabGallup(505) 863-2001Bacteria
Cardinal LaboratoriesHobbs(575) 393-2326Bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS, radioactivity, asbestos
Aqua Environmental Testing -Las CrucesLas Cruces(575) 526-0871Bacteria
NM Microbiology LabMilan(505) 287-2208Bacteria
Raton Waste Water LaboratoryRaton(575) 445-3861Bacteria
Red River AWWT LaboratoryRed River(575) 754-2277Bacteria
BSN dba Indepth Water TestingSanta Fe(505) 471-2023Bacteria

Labs in other states

21 labs New Mexico certifies outside the state, by state and city. Ask whether a lab takes samples by mail, and how fast they have to arrive.

Labs in other states, certified by New Mexico
LabCityPhoneCertified for
Eurofins Drinking Water & Wastewater WestPomona, CA(626) 386-1100Bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS
Green AnalyticalDurango, CO(970) 247-4220Nitrate, lead and copper, minerals and other inorganics
ACZ LaboratoriesSteamboat Springs, CO(970) 879-6590Nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Eurofins Environment Testing - OrlandoAltamonte Springs, FL(407) 339-5984Nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - FLOrmond Beach, FL(386) 672-5668PFAS
Anatek Labs Inc. -MoscowMoscow, ID(208) 883-2839Nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS
Eurofins - South BendSouth Bend, IN(574) 233-4777Bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS, radioactivity
Battelle Analytical Chemistry Services LaboratoryNorwell, MA(781) 681-5543PFAS
NELAnalytical LaboratoryWinslow, ME(207) 873-7711Bacteria
National Testing Laboratories, Ltd.Ypsilanti, MI(734) 483-8333Bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
Eurofins TestAmerica - St. LouisSt. Louis, MO(314) 298-8566Radioactivity
Eurofins Built Environment Testing East, LLC.Cary, NC(919) 481-1413Asbestos
Cape Fear AnalyticalWilmington, NC(910) 795-0421Organic chemicals
EMSL AnalyticalCinnaminson, NJ(800) 220-3675Lead and copper, PFAS, radioactivity
ALS Laboratory Group - CincinnatiCincinnati, OH(513) 733-5336Asbestos
Microbac Laboratories, Inc.Marietta, OH(740) 373-4071Lead and copper, metals, PFAS
Pace Analytical Services, Inc. - PAGreensburg, PA(724) 850-5600Radioactivity
Niagara Bottling, LLCHoward, PA(814) 357-6084Bacteria
GEL Laboratories, LLCCharleston, SC(843) 556-8171Nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, PFAS, radioactivity
Pace Analytical National - TNMt. Juliet, TN(615) 758-5858Lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
Eurofins HoustonStafford, TX(281) 240-4200Lead and copper, metals

Labs run by water utilities

7 labs named for a water utility or its plant. A utility’s lab may test only its own system’s water, so call before taking a sample there.

Labs run by water utilities, certified by New Mexico
LabCityPhoneCertified for
City of CarlsbadCarlsbad(575) 628-8176Bacteria
City of HobbsHobbs(575) 397-9315Bacteria
City of Las CrucesLas Cruces(575) 528-3604Bacteria
City of Rio RanchoRio Rancho(505) 891-5024Bacteria
City of RoswellRoswell(575) 624-6752Bacteria
Town of Silver CitySilver City(575) 388-4981Bacteria
City of TucumcariTucumcari(575) 461-4372Bacteria

What to ask a lab to test

Source: New Mexico Environment Department, Drinking Water Bureau, laboratories certified to analyze drinking water samples, dated Sept. 30, 2026, read Oct. 10, 2026. Labs are listed as the state lists them; what each is certified for is as far as the list says. Certifications change, so a lab’s own word is the latest.

A lab named for a water utility is listed apart. Distances on town pages are straight lines between ZIP code centers from the Census 2020 gazetteer. How labs are listed here.

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