Albuquerque Water System, NM Water Quality
Is Albuquerque Water System's water safe to drink?
Albuquerque Water System's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. Population served: 560,326, over 206,795 connections.
Albuquerque Water System's record against the rest of the country
Albuquerque Water System has 1 violation on record in total, 0 of them health-based - ranking it 12,222th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 5th percentile nationally.
Against the NM average
Albuquerque Water System's 0 health-based violations sit within the NM average of 13.9, across 102 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
Albuquerque Water System's most recent violation on record is dated 2016-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What Albuquerque Water System's record does not cover
Everything on this page is Albuquerque Water System's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 0 health-based violations on file for Albuquerque Water System - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.