Utility-reported hardness
Unavailable
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Local water dashboard
Official source aggregationRegional hardness evidence, possible serving systems, EPA compliance history, and the measurements that are—and are not—available for Chaves County.
Your tap water
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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EPA quarter 2026Q2
Utility-reported hardness
Unavailable
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All possible systems
Review needed
1 active health-based record
Measurements by utility
Each result belongs to a specific system.
Utility match
4 systems
Serves 1,274 people system-wide
Match the name on your water bill
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.
NM3571119 · Groundwater · 1,274 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 →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.
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
24% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | Resolved | Nov 1, 2025 to Nov 30, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2025 to Jul 9, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Jun 3, 2022 to Jul 27, 2023 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Nov 20, 2021 to Jul 27, 2023 |
| Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | Unaddressed | Jul 2, 2010 |
NM3563019 · Groundwater · 356 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 →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.
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
35% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2014
No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.
NM3513819 · Groundwater · 143 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 →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.
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
7% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2025 to Jul 24, 2025 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Nov 23, 2024 to Nov 26, 2024 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Nov 23, 2024 to Dec 2, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2024 to Oct 7, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Apr 14, 2023 to Jun 30, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Aug 28, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2022 to Sep 26, 2022 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Jan 7, 2022 to Jan 10, 2023 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Jan 7, 2022 to Mar 14, 2023 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Jan 7, 2022 to Dec 9, 2022 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Unaddressed | Jan 7, 2022 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Jan 7, 2022 to Dec 9, 2022 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Jan 7, 2022 to Oct 6, 2022 |
| E. COLI | Resolved | Aug 26, 2021 to Sep 22, 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2021 to Aug 27, 2021 |
NM3510219 · Groundwater · 82 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 →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.
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
15% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2014 to Jun 30, 2014
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Groundwater Rule | Resolved | Sep 23, 2025 to Dec 16, 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Apr 1, 2025 to Apr 30, 2025 |
| Chlorine | Resolved | Apr 1, 2025 to Apr 30, 2025 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | Resolved | Oct 17, 2024 to Feb 2, 2025 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSHealth-based | Resolved | Oct 17, 2024 to Feb 2, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2022 to Oct 20, 2022 |
Hardness meter
340
PPM as CaCO₃
Very Hard
PPM
340
GPG
19.9
Regional environmental evidence
USGS hardness classification scale
340 PPM
Parts per million
340
mg/L as CaCO₃ equivalent
Grains per gallon
19.9
1 GPG ≈ 17.1 PPM
How to use regional evidence
These samples describe nearby environmental water. They cannot establish whether your tap water is soft or hard. Use a utility result or a tap test for appliance settings and treatment sizing.
USGS sites used
25
Nearest site
16.8 mi
Observation range
Jan 26, 2021–Sep 13, 2022
Regional evidence confidence
Moderate
Median of the latest source-type-aligned hardness observation at each monitoring site within 25 miles. Nearest monitoring location: 16S.13E.09.224 2 (Spring).USGS source documentation ↗Evidence tier: Regional environmental evidence. This value is not used as proof of the serving utility's treated-water hardness.
Regional context
These comparisons use other indexed ZIP estimates, not utility tap samples. They help show local context without replacing a household test.
Mayhill median
340 PPM
About the same1 indexed ZIP readings · Range 340–340 PPM
New Mexico median
206 PPM
134 PPM higher157 indexed ZIP readings · Range 2.1–1435 PPM
Evidence-first next steps
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.
ZIP boundaries and utility service areas do not perfectly match. Verify the system on a water bill before relying on system-wide records.
An active health-based record is present. Follow the utility's current notice and public-health instructions.
Find an official utility report →Use a tap hardness test before sizing a softener. For health concerns, use a certified laboratory and the correct sampling protocol.
Convert your hardness test result →Frequently asked
EPA ECHO reports 1 active health-based violation among the associated community water systems. Review the affected utility's current notice and Consumer Confidence Report.
Utility-reported hardness is unavailable in this index. Regional samples do not establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.
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.