Hobbs Municipal Water Supply Water Quality (New Mexico) – 2025 Report Results

We read 10 results from Hobbs Municipal Water Supply’s 2025 water quality report. No results over a legal limit; 7 above a health goal or guideline.

Serves about 39,700 people · Water system ID NM3521613 · Read the district’s 2025 report (opens in a new tab)

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Results from the 2025 report

Each number is copied from the district’s report and links to the page it’s printed on. Where the report lists several plants, wells or purchased water, the highest is shown.

Contaminant	Result	Health goal	Legal limit	What it means
Copper90th percentile of homes tested, 0 over the action level · listed as a violation in the report · sampled 2023 · Customer taps · 2025 report, page 8	0.37 ppm	0.3 ppm	1.3 ppm (action level)	Above the health goal1.2x the health goal
Fluoridehighest measured · range 0.74 to 1.1 · listed as a violation in the report · sampled 2023 · Wells · 2025 report, page 6	1.1 ppm	1 ppm	4 ppm	Above the health goal1.1x the health goal
Gross alpha (radioactivity)highest measured · range 1.1 to 3.6 · listed as a violation in the report · sampled 2023 · Wells · 2025 report, page 6	3.6 pCi/L	0 pCi/L	15 pCi/L	Above the health goalThe health goal is zero
Gross beta (radioactivity)highest measured · range ND to 9.7 · listed as a violation in the report · sampled 2023 · Wells · 2025 report, page 6	9.7 pCi/L	0 pCi/L	50 pCi/L	Above the health goalThe health goal is zero
Lead90th percentile of homes tested, 0 over the action level · listed as a violation in the report · sampled 2023 · Customer taps · 2025 report, page 8	1.1 ppb	0.2 ppb	15 ppb (action level)	Above the health goal5.5x the health goal
Radium (combined 226 + 228)highest measured · range 0.05 to 0.08 · listed as a violation in the report · sampled 2023 · Wells · 2025 report, page 6	0.08 pCi/L	0 pCi/L	5 pCi/L	Above the health goalThe health goal is zero
Uraniumhighest measured · range 3 to 8 · listed as a violation in the report · sampled 2023 · Wells · 2025 report, page 6	8 ppb	0.6 ppb	30 ppb	Above the health goal13x the health goal
Nitrate (as N)highest measured · range 3.84 to 5.42 · listed as a violation in the report · Wells · 2025 report, page 6	5.42 ppm	10 ppm	10 ppm	Below the health goal
Seleniumhighest measured · range 7 to 11 · listed as a violation in the report · sampled 2023 · Wells · 2025 report, page 6	11 ppb	30 ppb	50 ppb	Below the health goal
Sodiumhighest measured · range 38 to 100 · listed as a violation in the report · sampled 2023 · Wells · 2025 report, page 6	100 ppm	None set	None	No health limit

Utility results describe the whole system, measured where water enters the pipes, not your tap. Your home’s plumbing can add lead or copper.

EPA testing for PFAS and lithium

EPA’s own nationwide testing (UCMR 5) found these in Hobbs Municipal Water Supply’s water between Feb 2023 and Aug 2023. These are EPA lab results, separate from the district’s report. Anything not listed was not detected.

PFOA5.3 pptFound in 1 of 9 samples · highest resultAbove the federal limit that takes effect in 2029 (4 ppt)
Lithium53.1 ppbFound in 10 of 10 samples · highest resultAbove EPA’s health reference level of 10 ppb (a guide, not a legal limit)

Source: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data. The highest single result is shown; one high sample doesn’t mean every glass is that high.

What you can do

Nothing here is an emergency notice: if the district has a violation, it must tell customers directly. If you’d like to lower these at your tap, these are the treatments that remove them, and the catalog shows the models certified for each. Ranking is by certified removal; commissions never change the order.