Cardinal Laboratories

At a glance

What it is certified to test

4 of the 9 common well tests on the NM list (see which)

Price

no per-test price printed on the lab’s website when we read it (15 Nov 2026): ask for a quote

Turnaround

not stated on the state list or the lab’s website: ask when you order

Homeowner samples

yes (Colorado list)

Lab facts

Listed by

New Mexico (New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) - Drinking Water Bureau, Drinking Water Laboratory Certification Program)

Address

101 East Marland, Hobbs, NM 88240-6640 · Open in Google Maps

Phone

(575) 393-2326

Website

cardinallabsnm.com

Not on the state list: found and checked by us, 15 Nov 2026

Public / homeowner samples

Public samples: ask the lab

Not stated per lab. NMED's Private Wells page says: "To test your water, contact a local water laboratory and confirm if they can analyze samples from private wells. While the Drinking Water Bureau (DWB) certifies laboratories for public water systems, many of these labs also offer services to private well owners." It names no lab, and NMED's list does not say which labs take samples from private well owners. NMED's free well testing (water fairs and NMED field offices) is done by NMED itself, not by the labs on this list.

Certification record

Certificate ID

NM00036

Issued by

New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) - Drinking Water Bureau, Drinking Water Laboratory Certification Program (certification program)

Expiry on the list

4/30/2027 · expires in 166 days

List version

Laboratories Certified by NMED-DWB to Analyze Drinking Water Samples for Water Systems in New Mexico, version Last Updated: 10/26/2026

We fetched it

3 Nov 2026 (file SHA-256 01b15ad0cadf…) · open the state file

Tests on the state list

• Named on the official list The state list names this analyte (or a column for it) for this lab.
• Group-level certification Certified for a parent group (e.g. 'Inorganics') that includes this analyte. Confirm the specific test with the lab.
• Partial group certification The list marks the group as 'Partial'. Confirm this analyte with the lab.
• Subcontracted The lab sends this analyte to another accredited lab (MDH 'X*').

NMED prints the analyte groups as "A, M, VOC, DBP, SOC, HM, PFAS, RAD, DI, A, IO, Pb/Cu, TOC, DOC" (codes keyed by the legend on NMED's list). NMED certifies whole analyte groups, not single analytes. NMED's legend defines M only as "microbiological" and names no organism or method; the drinking-water microbiology certification is for total coliform / E. coli, so bacteria is shown as a certified group, not a named test. Ask the lab which coliform test it runs. NMED's legend defines HM only as "heavy metals" and names no metal, so no arsenic or other metal is shown from it. Lead and other metals are shown from Pb/Cu (lead and copper) only. NMED's legend defines IO as "inorganics (NIT, FLU, CYA)"; "NIT" is not spelled out (nitrate and/or nitrite), so no nitrate certification is shown from it. NMED's legend defines RAD only as "radiologicals" and names no analyte, so neither radon nor uranium is shown from it. NMED's "On Contract" column: Y (under contract with NMED-DWB, so it may invoice NMED-DWB for public water systems' sample analyses; this says nothing about private well owners). NMED's list prints no street address; the address is from Texas's official list for the same lab (101 East Marland, Hobbs, NM 88240-6640).

Also certified by other states

Same business (same street address and ZIP) on another state's official list. Each state certifies separately, so each listing keeps its own source.

• Texas · TX Lab ID T104704398 · Coliform / E. coli, VOCs · Public samples: ask the lab
  TCEQ Laboratory Approval Status - List of Accredited Laboratories (public database, Matrix: Drinking Water) (Live database, searched 2026-11-15 ("accurate as of the date and time of the search"))
• Colorado · CO Lab Cert ID NM00036 · VOCs · Public samples: yes (per state)
  CDPHE Drinking Water Lab Certifications (Looker Studio report on cdphe.colorado.gov/dwlabs) (Live report, no edit date shown; data read by the report at 2026-11-02 20:39 UTC (Looker Studio dataTimestamp))

Before you send a sample

Call the lab to confirm it's currently certified for the exact test and method, that it accepts samples from homeowners, and how to collect and ship them. Bacteria samples have short holding times. Status can change between list updates. To check a status, contact the New Mexico certification program.

Is this your lab?

Labs can ask for corrections through the agency that publishes their state list. Homeowner service, prices and turnaround above come only from the lab’s own website. To ask us to correct or remove this listing, write to us (how we handle listings).