2025 Annual Water Quality Report Lower
Rio Grande PWWA - Valle
Del
Rio
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bien.
Is my water safe?
We are pleased to present
this year's Annual Water
Quality Report
(Consumer
Confidence Report) as required
by
the Safe Drinking Water Act
(SDWA). This report
is designed to provide details about where your
water
comes
from,
what
it contains, and
how
it compares to
standards set
by regulatory agencies. This report
is
a snapshot of
last
year's water quality.
We
are committed to providing
you
with information because informed
customers are our best allies.
Do I need to take special
precautions?
Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than
the general population.
Immuno-compromised persons
such as persons with
cancer
undergoing
chemotherapy,
persons
who have undergone organ
transplants,
people
with HIV/AIDS or
other immune system disorders, some elderly, and
infants can be
particularly at risk from infections.
These people should seek
advice about drinking
water
from their health care providers.
EPA/Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines
on appropriate means to
lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and
other microbial contaminants are available from the Safe Water
Drinking Hotline (800-426-
4791).
Where does my water come from?
Your Drinking
Water
comes from two ground
water
wells that
are
located on the corner
of
Valle Del Rio drive and
Agua
Fria
St which draw from the Rio Grande Basin.
Source water assessment and its availability
If you would like to
learn more about
source water assessment, please contact the New
Mexico
Drinking water Bureau
at (505) 476-8620 or toll free 1-877-654-8720
Why are there contaminants in
my drinking water?
Drinking water,
including bottled water,
may reasonably be expected to contain
at least small amounts of some contaminants.
The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that
water
poses
a health risk.
More
information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained
by
calling the Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA) Safe Drinking
Water Hotline (800-426-4791). The sources of
drinking water (both
tap water and
bottled water) include rivers, lakes,
streams,
ponds,
reservoirs, springs,
and wells.
As water travels over
the
surface of the land
or through
the
ground, it dissolves
naturally occurring
minerals and,
in some cases, radioactive material, and
can pick up substances resulting
from the presence of animals or
from
human activity:
microbial contaminants,
such
as viruses and bacteria, that
may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems,
agricultural livestock
operations, and
wildlife; inorganic
contaminants,
such
as salts and
metals, which can
be
naturally occurring or
result
from
urban stormwater
runoff,
industrial,
or domestic
wastewater discharges,
oil and
gas production, mining, or
farming; pesticides and
herbicides,
which may come from a
variety of sources such as agriculture, urban
stormwater
runoff,
and residential uses;
organic Chemical Contaminants,
including
synthetic and
volatile organic chemicals, which
are
by-products of industrial processes and
petroleum production, and
can also come from gas stations,
urban stormwater
runoff,
and septic systems; and
radioactive
contaminants,
which can be naturally occurring or
be
the result of oil and gas
production and
mining activities.
In order
to ensure that tap water is
safe to drink,
EPA prescribes regulations
that limit the amount of certain
contaminants in water provided
by
public water systems.
Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protection for public health.
How can I get involved?
The Lower
Rio Grande PWWA
BOD Meets every third
Wednesday of each
month at
9:00am locations are available on
our website.
Description of Water Treatment Process
Your water is treated by disinfection.
Disinfection
involves the addition of chlorine or other
disinfectant to kill dangerous bacteria
and microorganisms that
may be in
the water.
Disinfection is considered to be one of the major public health
advances of the
20th century.
Water Conservation
Tips
Did you know that
the
average U.S. household uses approximately 400 gallons of water per day or 100 gallons per person
per
day? Luckily, there are many low-cost
and no-cost ways to
conserve water. Small
changes can make a
big
difference - try one today and soon it
will become second nature.
• Take short showers - a 5-minute shower uses 4
to 5 gallons of water compared
to up to 50 gallons for a bath.
• Shut off water
while brushing
your
teeth, washing
your
hair
and shaving
and save up to 500 gallons a
month.
• Use a
water-efficient
showerhead.
They're inexpensive,
easy to install,
and can save you up
to 750 gallons a month.
• Run your
clothes washer and
dishwasher
only
when they are full.
You
can save up to 1,000 gallons a
month.
• Water
plants only when
necessary.
• Fix leaky toilets and
faucets. Faucet washers are inexpensive and take only a few minutes to replace.
To
check your toilet for a leak,
place a few drops of food coloring in
the
tank and wait. If it seeps into the toilet
bowl without
flushing,
you
have a leak.
Fixing it
or replacing it
with
a new, more efficient
model can save up
to 1,000 gallons a month.
• Adjust sprinklers so only your
lawn
is watered. Apply water
only as fast
as the soil
can absorb it and
during
the
cooler parts of the day to reduce evaporation.
• Teach your
kids about
water
conservation to ensure a
future generation
that uses water
wisely. Make it
a family effort
to reduce next month's water
bill!
• Visit www.epa.gov/watersense for more information.
Cross Connection Control
Survey
The purpose of this survey is to determine whether
a cross-connection may exist at your home
or business.
A cross connection
is
an unprotected or
improper connection to a public water distribution
system that may cause contamination or
pollution to enter
the system. We are responsible for enforcing cross-connection control regulations and insuring
that no contaminants can, under any flow conditions, enter the distribution system. If you
have
any of the devices
listed below please contact
us so
that we can discuss the issue, and
if
needed, survey your
connection and assist you
in isolating
it if
that is necessary.
• Boiler/ Radiant heater
(water heaters not included)
• Underground
lawn
sprinkler system
• Pool or hot
tub (whirlpool tubs not
included)
• Additional source(s) of water on
the
property
• Decorative pond
• Watering trough
Source Water Protection Tips
Protection
of
drinking water is
everyone's
responsibility. You can help
protect
your
community's drinking water source in
several ways:
• Eliminate excess use of lawn and
garden
fertilizers and
pesticides - they contain
hazardous chemicals
that
can reach your drinking
water
source.
• Pick up
after
your
pets.
• If you
have
your own septic system, properly maintain your system to
reduce leaching to water sources or
consider connecting
to a public water system.
• Dispose of chemicals properly; take used motor oil to a recycling
center.
• Volunteer in
your
community. Find a watershed or
wellhead protection organization in
your
community and
volunteer
to help. If there are no
active groups, consider starting
one.
Use EPA's Adopt Your Watershed to locate groups in
your
community or
visit the Watershed
Information
Network's How to
Start a Watershed
Team.
• Organize a
storm drain stenciling
project with
your
local government
or water supplier. Stencil a message next to the street drain reminding
people "Dump
No Waste - Drains to
River"
or "Protect Your Water." Produce and distribute a
flyer for households to
remind
residents that
storm drains dump directly into
your
local water
body.
Additional Information for Lead
Our system inventory does not
include lead service lines. Project records indicate
that all Main water
lines, service lines and
meter setters were installed in
2023 with no-lead copper parts.
If
you would like more information
about the lead service line inventory, contact
575-233-3947 or Mike.lopez@lrgauthority.org .
Lead
can cause serious health problems,
especially for
pregnant
women and
young
children. Lead
in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with
service lines and home plumbing. LOWER RIO GRANDE PWWA
VALLE DEL RIO is responsible for
providing high quality drinking
water
and removing
lead
pipes but cannot control the variety of materials used in
plumbing
components in
your
home.
You
share the responsibility for
protecting
yourself and your family from the lead
in
your home plumbing.
You
can take responsibility by identifying and
removing lead
materials within your home plumbing and
taking steps to reduce your family’s risk.
Before
drinking tap water,
flush your pipes for
several minutes by running
your
tap, taking
a shower,
doing laundry or
a load
of
dishes. You can also
use a filter certified by an American National Standards Institute accredited
certifier
to reduce lead in
drinking water.
If
you are concerned
about lead in your
water
and wish
to have your
water
tested, contact
LOWER
RIO
GRANDE PWWA VALLE DEL RIO (Public Water System Id:
NM3513607) by calling
575-233-3947 or emailing Mike.lopez@lrgauthority.org . Information on
lead in drinking
water, testing methods,
and steps you can take to minimize exposure is
available at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead .
Additional
Information for Arsenic
While your drinking
water meets EPA's standard
for
arsenic,
it does contain
low levels of
arsenic.
EPA's standard
balances the current understanding of arsenic's possible health
effects against the costs of removing
arsenic from drinking water.
EPA
continues to research
the
health effects of low levels
of
arsenic, which is
a mineral known to cause cancer in
humans at high concentrations and is linked
to other health
effects such as skin
damage and circulatory problems.
Water Quality Data
Table
In order to ensure that tap water is
safe to drink,
EPA
prescribes regulations which limit the amount of contaminants in
water
provided by public water systems. The table below lists all of the drinking
water
contaminants that we detected during the calendar year
of this report. Although many more contaminants were tested,
only
those substances listed below were found in
your water. All sources
of
drinking
water
contain some naturally occurring contaminants.
At low levels,
these substances are generally not
harmful in our
drinking
water. Removing all contaminants would
be
extremely expensive, and
in most cases, would
not provide increased protection of public health.
A few naturally occurring minerals may actually improve the taste of drinking
water
and have nutritional value at low levels. Unless otherwise noted, the data presented
in this table is
from testing done
in the calendar
year of the report. The EPA or the State
requires us to monitor
for
certain contaminants less than
once
per year because the concentrations of these contaminants do not
vary
significantly from year
to year, or the system is not considered vulnerable to this type of contamination. As such,
some of our
data, though representative,
may be
more
than one year old.
In this table you
will find terms and abbreviations that might
not be familiar
to you. To help you better
understand these terms,
we
have provided
the definitions below the table.
|
Contaminants
|
MCLG or MRDLG
|
MCL,
TT, or MRDL
|
Detect In Your
Water
|
Range
|
Sample
Date
|
Violation
|
Typical Source
|
|
Low
|
High
|
|
Disinfectants & Disinfection By-Products
|
|
(There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants)
|
|
Chlorine (as Cl2) (ppm)
|
4
|
4
|
0.5
|
0.4
|
0.5
|
2025
|
No
|
Water additive used to control microbes
|
|
Haloacetic Acids
(HAA5) (ppb)
|
NA
|
60
|
12
|
11.5
|
11.5
|
2025
|
No
|
By-product of drinking water chlorination
|
|
TTHMs [Total
Trihalomethanes] (ppb)
|
NA
|
80
|
41
|
41.4
|
41.4
|
2025
|
No
|
By-product of drinking water disinfection
|
|
Contaminants
|
MCLG or MRDLG
|
MCL,
TT, or MRDL
|
Detect In Your
Water
|
Range
|
Sample
Date
|
Violation
|
Typical Source
|
|
Low
|
High
|
|
Inorganic Contaminants
|
|
Arsenic (ppb)
|
00
|
10
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
2024
|
No
|
Erosion of natural deposits; Runoff from orchards;
Runoff from glass and electronics production wastes
|
|
Barium (ppm)
|
2
|
2
|
0.12
|
0.12
|
0.12
|
2024
|
No
|
Discharge of drilling
wastes; Discharge from metal refineries; Erosion of natural deposits
|
|
Fluoride
(ppm)
|
4
|
4
|
0.31
|
0.31
|
0.31
|
2024
|
No
|
Erosion of natural deposits; Water additive which
promotes strong teeth;
Discharge from fertilizer and aluminum factories
|
|
Nitrate [measured
as Nitrogen] (ppm)
|
10
|
10
|
0.06
|
0.06
|
0.06
|
2023
|
No
|
Runoff from fertilizer use;
Leaching from septic
tanks, sewage; Erosion of natural
deposits
|
|
Radioactive Contaminants
|
|
Alpha emitters
(pCi/L)
|
00
|
15
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
2024
|
No
|
Erosion of natural deposits
|
|
Beta/photon emitters (pCi/L)
|
00
|
50
|
6.2
|
6.2
|
6.2
|
2024
|
No
|
Decay of natural and man- made deposits. The EPA considers 50 pCi/L to be the
level of concern for
Beta particles.
|
|
Radium (combined
226/228) (pCi/L)
|
00
|
5
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
2024
|
No
|
Erosion of natural deposits
|
|
Contaminants
|
MCLG
|
AL
|
Your
Water
|
Range
|
# Samples Exceeding AL
|
Sample
Date
|
Exceeds
AL
|
Typical Source
|
|
Low
|
High
|
|
Inorganic Contaminants
|
|
Copper - action level at consumer taps (ppm)
|
1.3
|
1.3
|
0.24
|
0.068
|
0.27
|
0
|
2025
|
No
|
Corrosion of household plumbing
systems; Erosion of natural deposits
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contaminants
|
MCLG
|
AL
|
Your
Water
|
Range
|
# Samples Exceeding AL
|
Sample
Date
|
Exceeds
AL
|
Typical Source
|
|
Low
|
High
|
|
Lead - action level at consumer taps (ppb)
|
00
|
15
|
0.8
|
0
|
1.8
|
0
|
2025
|
No
|
Corrosion of household plumbing
systems; Erosion of natural deposits
|
|
Unit Descriptions
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
ppm
|
ppm: parts per million, or milligrams per liter (mg/L)
|
|
ppb
|
ppb: parts per billion, or micrograms per liter (µg/L)
|
|
pCi/L
|
pCi/L: picocuries per liter (a
measure of radioactivity)
|
|
NA
|
NA: not applicable
|
|
Important Drinking Water Definitions
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
MCLG
|
Maximum Contaminant Level Goal: The level of a contaminant in drinking water below
which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.
|
|
MCL
|
Maximum Contaminant Level: The highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the
MCLGs as feasible using the best available technology.
|
|
TT
|
Treatment Technique: A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.
|
|
AL
|
Action Level: The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or
other requirements which a water system must follow.
|
|
MRDLG
|
Maximum residual disinfection level goal. The level of a drinking water disinfectant below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits
of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants.
|
|
MRDL
|
Maximum residual disinfectant level. The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking
water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.
|
|
MPL
|
State Assigned Maximum Permissible Level
|
|
90th
Percentile
|
Compliance with the lead and copper action levels is based on the 90th percentile lead and
copper levels. This means that the concentration of lead and copper must be less than or
equal to the action level in at least 90% of the samples collected.
|
|
For more information please contact:
|
Contact Name: Michael Lopez
Address: PO Box 2646
ANTHONY,
NM 88021
Phone: 575-233-3947