Safest Drinking Water in New Mexico 2026
New Mexico has 5 public water systems serving 910,686 people. The safest system is Albuquerque Water System in Albuquerque with a score of 94/100.
Top 5 Water Systems in New Mexico
| # | Water System | City | Pop. Served | Source | Violations | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albuquerque Water System | Albuquerque | 560,326 | Surface water | 0 | A (94) |
| 2 | Rio Rancho Water & Ww Services | Rio Rancho | 107,350 | Surface water | 0 | B (80) |
| 3 | Santa Fe Water System (city Of) | Santa Fe | 90,810 | Surface water | 1 | D (68) |
| 4 | Roswell Municipal Water System | Roswell | 54,025 | Ground water | 2 | F (59) |
| 5 | Las Cruces Municipal Water System | Las Cruces | 98,175 | Ground water | 6 | F (40) |
Water quality data for New Mexico is sourced from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), which tracks compliance for all public water systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
Albuquerque Water System in Albuquerque has the highest Water Safety Score in New Mexico at 94/100 (Grade A), serving 560,326 people.
New Mexico has 5 public water systems serving 910,686 people. The average Water Safety Score is 68/100.
The Water Safety Score (0-100) is based on health violations (40%), contaminant exceedances (30%), enforcement history (20%), and monitoring violations (10%). Higher scores mean cleaner, safer water.
Water Safety Score: health violations (40%), contaminant exceedances (30%), enforcement history (20%), monitoring violations (10%).
The this entity category groups every U.S. public drinking-water safety entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Source: EPA Ground Water and Drinking Water, 2026.