Where Bosque Farms water comes from
The Village of Bosque Farms pumps groundwater from deep wells in the Rio Grande basin and disinfects it with chlorine before it reaches homes. It's a small, local system serving a community known for horse properties, hay fields and roomy lots, and the village handles its testing and reporting the way every public system must.
Not every address is on that system. Around the village and in the surrounding small-acreage country, a good number of properties draw from private domestic wells. Those wells answer to no utility; the homeowner decides when, and whether, to test them.
About arsenic in the area
Arsenic occurs naturally in groundwater in parts of the Middle Rio Grande region, and it has been an ongoing issue the village is working to address. For official results on village water, read the Village of Bosque Farms annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report). If you're on a private well, the only way to know your own levels is a certified lab test, which we can help you arrange.
Two practical points follow from all of this. First, groundwater in the valley commonly tests hard, so scale on fixtures and water heaters is a frequent complaint. Second, the equipment that fixes hardness is not the equipment that reduces arsenic. Getting that distinction right is most of our job here. A household can easily need both, one at the main line for the whole house and one under the kitchen sink for drinking water, and we'll explain why before suggesting either.