1700 North Rock Island Street
(575) 461-4372
(575) 461-4372 Fax
Hours of Operation
Mon-Wed
6:30am-5:00pm
Thur
(no samples will be taken during this date and time)
6:00am-4:30pm

We provide the City of Tucumcari residents, as well as surrounding towns and private wells, with a state certified lab to analyze water that meets EPA/NMED requirements for potability (bacteria).  We also test Tucumcari’s and numerous other facilities wastewater to meet EPA permit regulations.


Janet Garcia 
Director

 The lab director oversees all Wastewater testing for 3 NPDES (EPA permits) and 4 groundwater discharge permits (NMED state permits), which we analyze samples for 4 different municipalities.

Obtain all the information needed by the Wastewater Treatment Plant to operate the plant efficiently, as well as obtain data necessary to meet federal/state permit requirements. Oversees all Potability testing for 19 public water systems and reports/uploads results to NMED, as well as analyzing for private systems.  Schedule work, check work, prepare reports, prepare requisitions, maintain inventory of testing supplies, prepare invoices, and prepare budgets.

 

Lab-supplied test runs and prices, as set forth by Ordinance Number 966

Biological Oxygen Demand, NPDES	$50.00
Biological Oxygen Demand	$25.00
Chemical Oxygen Demand	$15.00
Coliform, Decal, 15 Tube MPN	$45.00
Coliform, Total	$40.00
pH	$5.00
Solids, Total	$15.00
Solids, Suspended	$15.00
Solids, Total	$17.00
Solids, Volatile + Total	$27.00
Solids, Settleable	$5.00
E-coli,15 tube MPN	$45.00

 
Passed, Adopted and Approved this 8th day of May, 2014