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Water hardness in Hobbs

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

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison
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Evidence comparison rank
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Matched utilities
3
Active health records
3

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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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.

Hobbs Municipal Water Supply

NM3521613 · Groundwater · 40,418 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

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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
0.0011 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

7% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2023

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

Adobe Village

NM3557513 · Groundwater · 83 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

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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
0 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2013

Violation history (3)
Imported violation history for Adobe Village
RuleStatusPeriod
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSHealth-basedResolvedOct 17, 2024 to Mar 11, 2026
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSResolvedOct 17, 2024 to Mar 11, 2026
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Oct 12, 2022

Monarchy Country Estates

NM3557713 · Groundwater · 52 people served system-wide

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

3 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
0.0032 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

21% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (42)
Imported violation history for Monarchy Country Estates
RuleStatusPeriod
Public NoticeUnaddressedFeb 28, 2026
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedOct 1, 2025 to Oct 31, 2025
ChlorineResolvedOct 1, 2025 to Oct 31, 2025
Public NoticeUnaddressedAug 20, 2025
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSHealth-basedUnaddressedOct 17, 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSUnaddressedOct 17, 2024
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedUnaddressedMay 12, 2024
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedUnaddressedMay 12, 2024
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedMay 12, 2024 to Jun 29, 2024
Groundwater RuleResolvedFeb 15, 2024 to Mar 12, 2024
Public NoticeResolvedJan 21, 2024 to Feb 28, 2024
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedJan 1, 2024 to Jan 31, 2024
ChlorineResolvedJan 1, 2024 to Feb 21, 2024
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2024 to Jun 27, 2024
Public NoticeResolvedDec 31, 2023 to Feb 28, 2024
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedDec 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Public NoticeResolvedNov 5, 2023 to Feb 28, 2024
Public NoticeResolvedNov 5, 2023 to Feb 28, 2024
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedOct 1, 2023 to Feb 28, 2024
Public NoticeResolvedAug 27, 2023 to Feb 28, 2024
Public NoticeResolvedJul 30, 2023 to Feb 28, 2024
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2023 to Nov 13, 2023
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedJul 1, 2023 to Jul 31, 2023
Public NoticeResolvedJun 23, 2023 to Feb 28, 2024
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedJun 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023
Public NoticeResolvedMay 21, 2023 to Feb 28, 2024
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedMay 1, 2023 to May 31, 2023
Public NoticeResolvedApr 7, 2023 to Feb 28, 2024
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedApr 1, 2023 to Apr 30, 2023
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedMar 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedFeb 1, 2023 to Feb 28, 2023
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Jan 31, 2023
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedDec 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedNov 1, 2022 to Nov 30, 2022
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedOct 1, 2022 to Oct 31, 2022
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedSep 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedAug 1, 2022 to Aug 31, 2022
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Jul 31, 2022
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedJun 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedMay 1, 2022 to May 31, 2022
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedApr 1, 2022 to Apr 30, 2022

City summary

What the indexed records say

Hobbs has 2 published ZIP profiles across Lea County. The regional-evidence median is 274 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

The 187–361 PPM range shows how much the available ZIP estimates vary within the city label.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard2 ZIPs

2 of 2 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
19.3 miles
Profiles with evidence
2/2

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 2Low: 0

Observation window: Jul 20, 2016 to Sep 4, 2024.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Hobbs

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

88240

Very Hard

187 PPM

Nearest site
19.3 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

88244

Very Hard

361 PPM

Nearest site
13.5 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 Hobbs

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.