Metals · 2024
Arsenic in Albuquerque, NM tap water
Albuquerque, NM's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Arsenic at or above the federal limit (1 MCL). Measured value is 2.5× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Average System-wide | 2.5 | 1 MCL |
Maximum System-wide | 5 | 1 MCL |
Average San Juan-Chama Drinking Water Plant | Not detected | 1 MCL |
Minimum System-wide | Not detected | 1 MCL |
Verbatim from Albuquerque, NM's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Arsenic
A naturally occurring element that also enters water from industry and agriculture.
A known human carcinogen; long-term exposure is linked to skin, bladder, and lung cancer.
How Albuquerque, NM compares
3 of the 169 systems measuring Arsenic on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Arsenic:
People also ask
+Is there Arsenic in Albuquerque, NM tap water?
Yes — Albuquerque, NM's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Arsenic at 2.5. Albuquerque, NM's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Arsenic at or above the federal limit (1 MCL). Measured value is 2.5× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Arsenic in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Arsenic is 1 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Arsenic?
A naturally occurring element that also enters water from industry and agriculture. A known human carcinogen; long-term exposure is linked to skin, bladder, and lung cancer.
+Which other U.S. cities have Arsenic over the federal limit?
3 of the 169 systems on The Water Map measuring Arsenic report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Beaches Water, MD, Beaver Run Mhp, MD, Norman, OK.
+Where does this Arsenic measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Arsenic entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Albuquerque, NM water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/nm/albuquerque/2024/source.