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 thems 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.