No PFAS were detected in any of the 14 samples EPA's program collected.
Lake Section Water Company is a public water system drawing on groundwater, based in Chaparral, New Mexico, serving about 14,619 people. Under EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule it was tested for 29 PFAS and lithium 14 times across 7 sampling points between Feb 2025 and Aug 2025.
None of the 29 PFAS were found at or above EPA's minimum reporting levels (2 to 20 ppt depending on the compound).
Not detected: PFTA, PFEESA, 8:2 FTS, PFMPA, PFPeA, PFMBA, 9Cl-PF3ONS, NFDHA, PFPeS, PFDoA, PFTrDA, ADONA, NEtFOSAA, PFHpS, PFHxS, PFBA, 4:2 FTS, HFPO-DA, PFUnA, 6:2 FTS, PFHpA, PFBS, PFNA, PFOS, NMeFOSAA, PFOA, PFDA, PFHxA, 11Cl-PF3OUdS.
Lithium, tested in the same program: highest 54 ppb, detected in 14 of 14 samples. EPA's health-based screening level is 10 ppb.
In April 2024 EPA set enforceable limits of 4 ppt for PFOA and PFOS, 10 ppt each for PFHxS, PFNA and GenX, and a hazard index of 1 for mixtures. Utilities were given until 2029 to comply. In May 2026 EPA proposed keeping only the PFOA and PFOS limits and moving that deadline to 2031. Until that proposal is final, the 2024 limits stand.
Compliance is judged on a running annual average at each entry point, so we show the average at this system's worst sampling point next to its single highest result. UCMR 5 results do not by themselves put a utility in or out of compliance.
No PFAS action is needed on these results. If your water tastes or smells of chlorine, a whole-house city water filter is the usual fix.
All 73 tested systems in New Mexico
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As reported by the utility to EPA. Neighbouring ZIPs are often split between systems; your water bill names yours.
Well & Tap. "PFAS in Lake Section Water Company water: EPA UCMR 5 results." Data: U.S. EPA Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule, final release August 2026, PWSID NM3529207. https://wellandtap.com/pfas/new-mexico/lake-section-water-company/
Source: U.S. EPA, UCMR 5 occurrence data, final release August 2026 (PWSID NM3529207). Population: EPA SDWIS. Averages count results below the reporting level as zero, the same convention EPA uses for running annual averages. Full method.
