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Water hardness in Carrizozo

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Carrizozo, New Mexico.

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison
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Evidence comparison rank
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Matched utilities
1
Active health records
7

Your tap water

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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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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.

Carrizozo Water System

NM3512614 · Groundwater · 1,136 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

7 reported active health-based record(s) for this system

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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

Below action level
Reported level
7.7e-4 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

5% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026

Violation history (38)
Imported violation history for Carrizozo Water System
RuleStatusPeriod
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2026 to Jan 29, 2026
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedDec 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
ChlorineResolvedDec 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Public NoticeUnaddressedOct 26, 2025
Public NoticeResolvedJul 23, 2025 to Feb 18, 2026
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2025 to Jan 18, 2026
Public NoticeResolvedMay 17, 2025 to Feb 18, 2026
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedMar 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
ChlorineResolvedMar 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
Public NoticeResolvedFeb 14, 2025 to Aug 6, 2025
Public NoticeResolvedJan 2, 2025 to Feb 18, 2026
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedOct 1, 2024 to Feb 19, 2026
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedUnaddressedSep 12, 2024
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedUnaddressedSep 12, 2024
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedUnaddressedSep 12, 2024
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedSep 12, 2024 to Feb 18, 2026
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedSep 12, 2024 to Feb 18, 2026
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedUnaddressedSep 12, 2024
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedUnaddressedSep 12, 2024
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedSep 12, 2024 to Feb 18, 2026
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedSep 12, 2024 to Feb 18, 2026
Groundwater RuleResolvedJun 17, 2024 to Feb 18, 2026
Public NoticeResolvedJun 6, 2024 to Aug 6, 2025
Public NoticeResolvedMay 23, 2024 to Aug 6, 2025
TTHMResolvedJan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedJan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedOct 1, 2023 to Jan 29, 2026
ChlorineResolvedOct 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedOct 1, 2023 to Feb 19, 2026
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2023 to Feb 26, 2024
Public NoticeResolvedApr 22, 2023 to Aug 6, 2025
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedOct 1, 2022
Public NoticeResolvedJul 22, 2022 to Feb 18, 2026
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Feb 26, 2024
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedUnaddressedMay 17, 2022
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedUnaddressedMay 17, 2022
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedMay 17, 2022 to May 15, 2024
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedOct 1, 2021 to Jan 4, 2022

City summary

What the indexed records say

Carrizozo has 1 published ZIP profile across Lincoln County. The regional-evidence median is 358 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

Because only one ZIP is represented, the city median and range are the same local estimate. It should not be read as multiple independent samples across the community.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard1 ZIP

1 of 1 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
22.7 miles
Profiles with evidence
1/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 1Low: 0

Observation window: Mar 9, 2019 to May 14, 2021.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Carrizozo

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ZIP code

88301

Very Hard

358 PPM

Nearest site
22.7 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

  1. 1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
  2. 2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
  3. 3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

Questions people ask

About water in Carrizozo

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.