Aquatell

New Mexico

The 30 hardness figures we’ve verified run from 7.0 to 24 grains per gallon, with a median of 16; 100% are hard or very hard.

How the 30 figures spread across the bands

  • Soft 0
  • Slightly hard 0
  • Moderately hard 0
  • Hard 5
  • Very hard 25
Hardness
16 gpg medianAverage 16 gpg (272 ppm), from 7.0 to 24. Each published figure counts once in the average, median and spread; a figure published as a range is shown as its range and isn't averaged.
Coverage
30 places30 listings as published
Disinfectant
2 of 4use chloramine; 2 use chlorine

Every place we have

Sources are each city’s water quality report or its utility. Gather the listings up by place or by the water system that serves them, or see every listing as published; open a group to see what’s in it.

30 places

On the scaleDisinfectantSourcesAsk Aqua
Roswell
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 24 gpg410 ppm, very hard –
Alamoarodo
No source linked
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 23 gpg395 ppm, very hard –
Artesia
No source linked
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 22 gpg380 ppm, very hard –
Portales
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 22 gpg380 ppm, very hard –
Grants
No source linked
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 20 gpg337 ppm, very hard –
Hobbs
No source linked
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 20 gpg344 ppm, very hard –
Shiprock
No source linked
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 20 gpg335 ppm, very hard –
Bernalillo
No source linked
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 19 gpg319 ppm, very hard –
Deming
No source linked
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 19 gpg320 ppm, very hard –
Espanola
No source linked
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 19 gpg320 ppm, very hard –
Belen
No source linked
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 18 gpg302 ppm, very hard –
Carlsbad
No source linked
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 18 gpg307 ppm, very hard –
Lovington
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 17 gpg290 ppm, very hard –
Taos
No source linked
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 17 gpg296 ppm, very hard –
Sunland Park
No source linked
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 16 gpg280 ppm, very hard –
Aztec
No source linked
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 15 gpg260 ppm, very hard –
Bloomfield
No source linked
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 15 gpg250 ppm, very hard –
Clovis
No source linked
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 15 gpg262 ppm, very hard –
Farmington
No source linked
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 15 gpg257 ppm, very hard –
Edgewood
No source linked
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 14 gpg232 ppm, very hard –
Gallup
No source linked
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 14 gpg232 ppm, very hard –
Anthony
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 13 gpg215 ppm, very hard –
Chaparral
No source linked
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 13 gpg230 ppm, very hard –
Silver City
No source linked
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 13 gpg218 ppm, very hard –
Los Lunas
2 notes
  • Published as 219 ppm and 17 gpg, which don't agree: 219 ppm is 12.8 gpg. The ppm figure is used (water reports give mg/L).
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 13 gpg219 ppm, very hard –
Santa Fe
No source linked
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 10 gpg177 ppm, hard Chlorine Disinfectant
Los Almos
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 9.0 gpg165 ppm, hard –
Rio Rancho
No source linked
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 9.0 gpg150 ppm, hard Chloramine Disinfectant
Las Cruces
No source linked
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 8.0 gpg140 ppm, hard Chlorine Disinfectant
Albuquerque
2 notes
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
  • Another Aquatell page gives chlorine; this table's figure is kept.
 7.0 gpg120 ppm, hard Chloramine Disinfectant

Missing your city? Aquatell researches cities on request from the utility’s own reports, usually within a week. A note on a figure says what we found when we checked it: units that didn’t agree, another page with a different figure, a range.

What to do about it

Hard water

Above about 3.5 grains per gallon, scale builds in water heaters, fixtures and appliances. A softener sized for your hardness and household removes it for the whole house.

Water softenersSizing a softener

Chlorine or chloramine

Standard carbon removes chlorine’s taste and smell. Chloramine lasts longer in the pipes and needs catalytic carbon to remove it.

Carbon and chloramine filters

Not sure what you need?

Aqua knows these figures and Aquatell’s treatment charts, and can size a system for your home.

Softeners for New Mexico’s water

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