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Good Water Company

Good Water Company
2778 Agua Fria St.
Santa Fe, NM 87507
(505) 471-9036

Water in Northern New Mexico

Water in Northern New Mexico

Scientific Principles and Sustainability

Good Water Company is committed to providing the most sustainable water purification solutions available and to treating water as though development in the Santa Fe region will continue at (or in excess of) the present growth rate and that drought conditions will persist. Our water purification work is based on scientific principles, water testing and proven and certified solutions.

Northern Santa Fe County has the largest geologic and engineering database in the immediate Santa Fe region and both the geologic history and water chemistry data are well documented in the public record. The abundance of such data is a consequence of at least three major citizen concerns: water supply issues for the City of Santa Fe and Santa Fe County, the AAMODT settlement, and the proximity of the area to Los Alamos National Laboratory. There are several excellent compilations of local geotechnical literature and water chemistry data.


Areas Where Specific Contaminants Exceed the EPA's MCL
(Interpreted Map of Public Record Data)

Stratigraphic Column of Santa Fe Region

Source: Connell.NM Mines & Min. Resources, 2001.
Water, Watersheds and Land Use in New Mexico.

Note the geographic position of the Tesuque Formation (see yellow arrow), which is the principal aquifer in northern Santa Fe County.

The Good Water Company Contaminant Mapping Project

In addition to public record water test data, Good Water Company is custodian of some 3,000 water tests which are not published. We are in the process of constructing a map which shows areas of concentration of contaminants with significant health implications. The map above is based on public record data.

Water Contamination in the Santa Fe Region

We will continue to update this section of our website and we hope that the information presented here will be useful to you. Please contact us with any questions or comments.

Caņoncito


Uranium, Radium, Hydrogen Sulfide, Iron, Iron Bacteria

El Dorado


Eldorado Municipal Water System:
Hardness, and High Chlorination
Private Wells:
Potential Contaminants: Arsenic, High pH, Sediment, Bacteria, Uranium

Museum Hill and Surrounding Area Wells


Museum Hill and Surrounding Area Wells
Potential Contaminants:
Arsenic, Uranium & Hardness

Wilderness Gate, Atalaya, St. John's College Area


Wilderness Gate, Atalaya, St. John's College Area
Potential Contaminants:
Uranium, Iron Bacteria, Hardness

Las Campanas/Aldea and La Tierra


Las Campanas/Aldea:
Hardness

La Tierra (mostly private wells):
Arsenic, Heavy Silt, Sediment, Hardness

Tesuque


Tesuque
Water Issues:
Sand, Sediment, Hardness

EPA recommendation


EPA recommends:
Testing private wells once a year.