- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 2.
- Lithium: found in 16 of 16 samples, average 139 µg/L, highest 335 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Feb 2024–Aug 2024)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 1 of 16 samples, average 1.9 ppt, highest 30.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Aug 2024)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 0.31 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2024–Dec 31, 2026). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Vado tap water? What EPA records show
EPA NM3502407 · serves Vado, NM · about 11,542 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Lower Rio Grande Pwwa South Valley (EPA NM3502407)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Vado's main utility, Lower Rio Grande Pwwa South Valley: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (NM3502407) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Lower Rio Grande Pwwa South Valley, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (NM3502407) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Lower Rio Grande Pwwa South Valley (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 0.31 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2024–Dec 31, 2026). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 2.
PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does Lower Rio Grande Pwwa South Valley use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Lower Rio Grande Pwwa South Valley's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.