Inorganic chemicals · 2024
Nitrate in Albuquerque, NM tap water
Albuquerque, NM's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Nitrate at or above the federal limit (0.05 MCL). Measured value is 7.6× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Minimum System-wide | Not detected | 0.05 MCL |
Maximum System-wide | 3.07 | 0.05 MCL |
Average San Juan-Chama Drinking Water Plant | 0.13 | 0.05 MCL |
Average System-wide | 0.38 | 0.05 MCL |
Verbatim from Albuquerque, NM's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Nitrate
A compound from fertilizer runoff, septic systems, and erosion of natural deposits.
Levels above the federal limit can cause 'blue baby syndrome,' a serious oxygen-transport condition in infants.
How Albuquerque, NM compares
5 of the 318 systems measuring Nitrate on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Nitrate:
People also ask
+Is there Nitrate in Albuquerque, NM tap water?
Yes — Albuquerque, NM's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Nitrate at 0.38. Albuquerque, NM's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Nitrate at or above the federal limit (0.05 MCL). Measured value is 7.6× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Nitrate in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Nitrate is 0.05 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Nitrate?
A compound from fertilizer runoff, septic systems, and erosion of natural deposits. Levels above the federal limit can cause 'blue baby syndrome,' a serious oxygen-transport condition in infants.
+Which other U.S. cities have Nitrate over the federal limit?
5 of the 318 systems on The Water Map measuring Nitrate report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Columbus, OH, Hollywood, FL, Mcallen, TX.
+Where does this Nitrate measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Nitrate 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.