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The Santa Rosa handbook

Living in Santa Rosa, NM: what to set up and who to call

Tap water in Santa Rosa comes from Santa Rosa Water Supply, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 1.0 ppb. Power in Santa Rosa comes from Central New Mexico El Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Santa Rosa, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Santa Rosa.

Electricity

Power comes from Central New Mexico El Coop

Central New Mexico El Coop (Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Santa Rosa. Its homes paid an average of 17.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $101 a month (its average across New Mexico).

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Santa Rosa Water Supply

Santa Rosa Water Supply supplies almost all of Santa Rosa. It draws ground water and serves 2,681 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 52% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NM3515010.

Internet

3 home internet providers serve Santa Rosa

90% of 1,044 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 89% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
ENMR Telephone CooperativeFiber, DSL100%1,000/1,000
AT&TFixed wireless59%100/20
T-MobileFixed wireless7%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Santa Rosa’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Santa Rosa.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Santa Rosa kids go to
PK–5Santa Rosa ElementarySanta Rosa Consolidated Schools
6–8Santa Rosa MiddleSanta Rosa Consolidated Schools
9–12Santa Rosa HighSanta Rosa Consolidated Schools

Santa Rosa is in Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools.

BSchool gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 27, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Santa Rosa is in ZIP code 88435

ZIP codes where Santa Rosa residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Santa RosaZIP’s residents in Santa Rosa
88435Santa Rosa, NM100%79%
Area code575Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Santa Rosa

Who supplies Santa Rosa’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Santa Rosa Water Supply (EPA ID NM3515010). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Santa Rosa?

Central New Mexico El Coop (Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 17.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Santa Rosa?

ENMR Telephone Cooperative, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Santa Rosa?

88435. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Santa Rosa in?

Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools.

How do I register to vote in Santa Rosa?

In New Mexico you can register online until 28 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before). Elections here are run by the Guadalupe County Clerk. Check your registration at voterportal.servis.sos.state.nm.us.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 27, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.