Is Radium Springs, NM tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 2 utilities serving Radium Springs 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: Dona Ana Mdwca and Las Cruces Municipal Water System.
Dona Ana Mdwca, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit, 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Uranium at 45 ppb, above the legal limit.
The water from Dona Ana Mdwca is hard, typically 178 mg/L (10.4 grains per gallon). How it compares.
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 Radium Springs’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Dona Ana Mdwca
New Mexico · serves 16,987 people · about 280 in Radium Springs
1 result above the legal limit, 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Uranium at 45 ppb, above the legal limit. Hardness: hard, typically 178 mg/L (10.4 grains per gallon).
17 health-based violations since 2016
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Las Cruces Municipal Water System
New Mexico · serves 98,175 people · about 110 in Radium Springs
3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 171 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
3 health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Dona Ana Mdwca’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, Arsenic, Lead
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, Arsenic, Lead
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, Arsenic, Lead
Water testing near Radium Springs
The 2 labs New Mexico certifies closest to Radium Springs, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Aqua Environmental Testing -Las Cruces
Las Cruces, NM · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria
Diagnostic & Technology Center
Alamogordo, NM · about 51 miles
Certified for bacteria
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 MexicoZIP codes in Radium Springs
Which ZIP codes are in Radium Springs: 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 Radium Springs
Other towns in Doña Ana County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Dona Ana Mdwca’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About UraniumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Uranium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water