Public Water System

LOMA ESCONDIDA WATER ASSOCIATION

PWSID NM3500432 · New Mexico · 89 people served

Failing

LOMA ESCONDIDA WATER ASSOCIATION is an EPA-regulated public water system in New Mexico (PWSID NM3500432). It serves an estimated 89 residents — a rural community of customers — across 1 community across 1 ZIP code.

Over the past five years, LOMA ESCONDIDA WATER ASSOCIATION has recorded 35 EPA health-based violations. The grade of F summarizes this compliance pattern. Specific contaminants, dates, and rule citations are listed in the violation history below.

Service Area

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Centered on the averaged ZIP-code centroid of 1 ZIP served.

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Violations

EPA Health-Based Violations

Health-based Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) violations on file for LOMA ESCONDIDA WATER ASSOCIATION over the past five years of EPA SDWIS reporting.

Arsenicchemical

EPA Code 1005 · Maximum Contaminant Level Exceedance

violations

EPA Limit

0.01 mg/L

Last Reading

.016 MG/L

First Reported

Jan 2021

Most Recent

Jul 2022

What this violation means

Arsenic is a known human carcinogen that occurs naturally in groundwater across many parts of the United States, especially the Southwest and parts of New England. Long-term exposure even at low levels has been linked to bladder, lung, and skin cancer, as well as cardiovascular disease and developmental effects in children.

Recommended precautions

→Reverse osmosis filtration removes arsenic effectively.
→Distillation also removes arsenic — point-of-use distillers work for drinking and cooking water.
→Boiling does NOT remove arsenic. It actually concentrates it as water evaporates.
→If your well water has arsenic, test annually and treat at the point of entry.

Read the complete guide to Arsenic

Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). Health-based violations only. Older violations may have been resolved; check your utility's most recent Consumer Confidence Report for current status.

Cities Served by LOMA ESCONDIDA WATER ASSOCIATION

ALBUQUERQUE

ZIP Codes Served

87112

About this system

EPA records this system as PWSID NM3500432. Data reflects the most recent EPA SDWIS publication as of 2026-05-18. Public Water System Identifiers (PWSIDs) are assigned by the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Act program to track every regulated water utility in the United States. The first two letters typically indicate the state primacy agency. For real-time water quality information, contact LOMA ESCONDIDA WATER ASSOCIATION directly or review their annual Consumer Confidence Report (CCR).