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Is Las Campanas, NM tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Las Campanas, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and New Mexico’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

2 of the 2 utilities serving Las Campanas have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and New Mexico’s records: Pojoaque South and Santa Fe Water System (City Of).

Pojoaque South, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit, 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Arsenic at 11.3 ppb, above the legal limit.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Las Campanas’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Pojoaque South’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Las Campanas

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab New Mexico certifies.

The 3 labs New Mexico certifies closest to Las Campanas, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • BSN dba Indepth Water Testing

    Santa Fe, NM · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (505) 471-2023

  • NM Water Testing Laboratory

    Espanola, NM · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (505) 929-4545

  • ABCWUA Water Quality Lab

    Albuquerque, NM · about 60 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper

    (505) 289-3499

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.

All 44 certified labs for New Mexico

ZIP codes in Las Campanas

Which ZIP codes are in Las Campanas: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: New Mexico Environment Department, Drinking Water Bureau, laboratories certified to analyze drinking water samples; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Las Campanas

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