Environment
PICACHO MIDDLE — Environment & Air Quality
Air quality, drinking-water safety and environmental hazards within 1–5 miles of PICACHO MIDDLE in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico.
Latest Air Quality Index
24
Good · monitor 4.4 km away
PM2.5 annual4.3 µg/m³
Water health violations 10yr14
TRI sites within 1 mi1
Air Quality
EPA AirNow + AQS · 2024
24
AQI latest — Good
24
AQI 7-day avg
3
Days unhealthy in last 90
4.3
PM2.5 annual µg/m³ (EPA NAAQS limit: 9.0)
53.1
Ozone annual ppb
Public Water System
LAS CRUCES MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM · PWS NM3511707
14
Health-based violations (10yr)
0
Acute violations (10yr)
98,175
Population served
34
Most recent violation type
2025-11-08
Nearby Environmental Hazards
EPA Superfund (NPL), TRI release sites, brownfields (2024)
1
TRI sites within 1 mile
3
TRI sites within 5 miles
3.1 mi
Nearest Superfund (NPL)
GRIGGS WALNUT GROUND WATER PLUME
1.2 mi
Nearest brownfield
705 5TH STREET LAS CRUCES
Sources: school_air_quality + school_air_quality_daily (EPA AQS / AirNow), school_water_safety (EPA SDWIS), school_env_hazards (EPA NPL / TRI / Brownfields).