- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 1.
- Lithium: found in 4 of 18 samples, average 4 µg/L, highest 20.9 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Sep 2023–Mar 2025)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 1.1 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, 2026–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.
- Health-based violation: Lead and Copper Rule, LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS, Oct 2024–Dec 2025 (EPA SDWIS)
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Santa Fe tap water? What EPA records show
EPA NM3505126 · serves Santa Fe, NM · about 90,810 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
Santa Fe Water System (City of) (EPA NM3505126)
ScoreYourWater.com gives no verdict on your tap water; it shows what the public records say, as of October 14, 2026. For Santa Fe's main utility, Santa Fe Water System (City of): 1 health-based violation since July 1, 2021 in EPA records (EPA SDWIS). PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Santa Fe Water System (City of), as of October 14, 2026
Health-based violation: Lead and Copper Rule, LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS, Oct 2024–Dec 2025 (EPA SDWIS).
Lead, 90th percentile: 1.1 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, 2026–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 1.
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.
Your water bill names your utility.
Does Santa Fe Water System (City of) use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Santa Fe Water System (City of)'s EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.
What EPA records show for this system
Reported results in EPA records (data as of Oct 14–15, 2026)