Utility-reported hardness
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Official source aggregationWater quality in Alamogordo, NM 88310
Regional hardness evidence, possible serving systems, EPA compliance history, and the measurements that are—and are not—available for Otero County.
3 active health-based record(s) across possible systems
- Largest possible serving system
- Alamogordo Domestic Water System
- Source water
- Surface water + Groundwater
- County
- Otero County
- Profile updated
Your tap water
What does the utility report?
Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.
Utility hardness unavailable in this index
Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.
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What the current records say
EPA quarter 2026Q2
All possible systems
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3 active health-based records
Measurements by utility
Each result belongs to a specific system.
Utility match
8 systems
Serves 35,301 people system-wide
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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records
These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.
EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.
Alamogordo Domestic Water System
NM3513319 · Surface water · 35,301 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.002 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
13% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Violation history (5)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2022 to Oct 5, 2022 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | Resolved | Dec 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | Resolved | Dec 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | Resolved | Dec 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | Resolved | Dec 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021 |
Cloud Country West Water System
NM3511019 · Groundwater · 684 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.0015 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
10% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Violation history (0)
No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.
Boles Acres Water System
NM3513419 · Groundwater · 657 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.0026 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
17% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2018 to Dec 31, 2020
Violation history (0)
No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.
Eileen Acres Mdwca
NM3564019 · Groundwater · 457 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
0% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2008 to Dec 31, 2010
Violation history (7)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2025 to Aug 19, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2024 to Nov 7, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 7, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2023 to Sep 8, 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2022 to Oct 6, 2022 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2021 to Oct 27, 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2021 to Aug 23, 2021 |
Dungan Mdwca
NM3550019 · Groundwater · 64 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
1 reported active health-based record(s) for this system
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 7.0e-4 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
5% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2013
Violation history (6)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Unaddressed | Feb 28, 2026 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Jan 15, 2023 to Aug 6, 2024 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Jan 15, 2023 to Oct 22, 2025 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Jan 15, 2023 to Feb 21, 2023 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Jan 15, 2023 to Feb 21, 2023 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Jan 15, 2023 to Aug 6, 2024 |
Alamo Heights Wua
NM3568919 · Groundwater · 52 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
1 reported active health-based record(s) for this system
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.006 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
40% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2020 to Dec 31, 2022
Violation history (9)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Feb 21, 2026 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Unaddressed | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Unaddressed | May 3, 2025 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | May 3, 2025 to Jun 18, 2025 |
| Groundwater Rule | Resolved | Feb 5, 2025 to Apr 28, 2025 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSHealth-based | Resolved | Oct 17, 2024 to Mar 30, 2025 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | Resolved | Oct 17, 2024 to Mar 30, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2023 to Sep 8, 2023 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Nov 28, 2012 |
Enchanted Valley Wua
NM3563319 · Groundwater · 40 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
1 reported active health-based record(s) for this system
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.0018 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
12% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2017 to Dec 31, 2019
Violation history (26)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | Unaddressed | Jan 1, 2026 |
| Chlorine | Resolved | Nov 1, 2025 to Nov 30, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Unaddressed | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Aug 17, 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Unaddressed | Jul 1, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Unaddressed | Jul 1, 2025 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | Addressed | Oct 17, 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSHealth-based | Addressed | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Unaddressed | Oct 1, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Aug 23, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Unaddressed | Jul 1, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | May 18, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Jan 18, 2024 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Oct 13, 2023 to Aug 2, 2024 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Oct 13, 2023 to Aug 19, 2024 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Oct 13, 2023 to Aug 13, 2024 |
| Groundwater Rule | Resolved | Jul 18, 2023 to Aug 2, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2023 to Aug 17, 2023 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Jun 16, 2023 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Unaddressed | Oct 1, 2022 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2022 to Nov 5, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2022 to Aug 15, 2023 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Jun 11, 2022 to Nov 2, 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2021 to Nov 5, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2021 to Aug 14, 2023 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Mar 19, 2021 to Apr 19, 2021 |
Canyon Hills Area Wua
NM3562819 · Groundwater · 32 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.0017 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
11% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2005 to Dec 31, 2007
Violation history (10)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2024 to Jun 12, 2025 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Aug 8, 2023 to Sep 8, 2023 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Aug 8, 2023 to Oct 3, 2024 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Aug 8, 2023 to Oct 3, 2024 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Aug 8, 2023 to Sep 8, 2023 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Aug 8, 2023 to Oct 3, 2024 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Aug 8, 2023 to Oct 3, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2022 to Oct 5, 2022 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2021 to Jul 27, 2022 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2021 to Jul 22, 2022 |
Hardness estimate unavailable
No responsible local estimate yet
We did not find enough qualifying recent USGS hardness observations within 25 miles of this ZIP centroid. We leave the value blank instead of substituting a state average. Ask the serving utility or test the household tap for a property-specific result.
Evidence-first next steps
Confirm the problem before choosing treatment
This profile can help you ask the right question. It cannot select equipment for a property without a current result from the serving utility or the tap.
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ZIP boundaries and utility service areas do not perfectly match. Verify the system on a water bill before relying on system-wide records.
Read the current utility report
An active health-based record is present. Follow the utility's current notice and public-health instructions.
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Water questions for Alamogordo
Is tap water safe in Alamogordo?+
EPA ECHO reports 3 active health-based violations among the associated community water systems. Review the affected utility's current notice and Consumer Confidence Report.
How hard is the water?+
Utility-reported hardness is unavailable in this index. Regional samples do not establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.
Do I need a water softener?+
Confirm hardness at your tap and consider actual scale or spotting before choosing treatment. Regional environmental values cannot determine whether you need a softener. A softener addresses hardness, not every contaminant.