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Water hardness in San Rafael

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in San Rafael, 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
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.

San Rafael Water & Sanitation District

NM3525833 · Groundwater · 1,060 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
0.002 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

13% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (28)
Imported violation history for San Rafael Water & Sanitation District
RuleStatusPeriod
Public NoticeUnaddressedJan 15, 2026
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedJan 1, 2026 to Jan 31, 2026
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedDec 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
ChlorineResolvedDec 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
ChlorineResolvedNov 1, 2024 to Nov 30, 2024
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedNov 1, 2024 to Nov 30, 2024
Public NoticeResolvedMar 16, 2024 to Jan 19, 2024
Public NoticeResolvedFeb 10, 2024 to Jan 19, 2024
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedJan 16, 2024 to Aug 20, 2025
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedUnaddressedJan 16, 2024
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedUnaddressedJan 16, 2024
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedUnaddressedJan 16, 2024
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedNov 23, 2023 to Jan 22, 2025
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedNov 23, 2023 to Sep 5, 2025
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedNov 23, 2023 to Aug 20, 2025
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedNov 23, 2023 to Sep 5, 2025
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedNov 23, 2023 to Aug 9, 2024
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedOct 1, 2023 to Jan 1, 2024
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2023
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedOct 1, 2022 to Jan 1, 2024
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Dec 27, 2023
Public NoticeResolvedJun 9, 2022 to Dec 27, 2023
Public NoticeResolvedDec 5, 2021 to Jul 19, 2023
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedOct 1, 2021 to Jan 1, 2024
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2021 to Dec 27, 2023
Public NoticeResolvedMar 21, 2021 to Dec 27, 2023
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedJul 1, 2001
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedOct 19, 1999

City summary

What the indexed records say

San Rafael has 1 published ZIP profile across Cibola County. The regional-evidence median is 398 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. At least one estimate is marked low confidence, so observation distance and date deserve extra attention.

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
2.1 miles
Profiles with evidence
1/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 1

Observation window: Jun 10, 2016 to Aug 31, 2018.

ZIP directory

Water reports in San Rafael

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

87051

Very Hard

398 PPM

Nearest site
2.1 mi
Confidence
Low

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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 San Rafael

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.