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Residents accuse Las Cruces utilities of gaps in lead testing and disputed CCR claims
Summary
Two public commenters told the council that recent sampling and the city’s Consumer Confidence Report understate lead problems, citing individual samples above the 15 ppb action level and gaps in sampling years; they urged more transparent inventories and remedial action.
Lynn Moorerer told the Las Cruces City Council that handouts and sampling data show the city’s drinking-water reporting is misleading and that Consumer Confidence Reports (CCRs) omitted critical exceedances. "Our water is actually 4 times higher," Moorerer said, summarizing results she said showed three homes in August 2024 with samples at 8, 6 and 3 parts per billion and earlier samples in 2023 at 24 ppb and 18 ppb — both above the 15 ppb…
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