American Fork City, UT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.7 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
American Fork City serves about 39,045 people through 11,923 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Utah County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH25008; phone on file: 801-763-3060. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
American Fork City's lead record
That is up 1.5 ppb from 2.2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for American Fork City is 3.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.2 ppb |
How American Fork City compares
Of the 521 Utah systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.71 ppb; 8 are over 15 ppb right now and 27 have gone over at some point. American Fork City's 3.7 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Utah and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Utah County
42 other systems share Utah County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than American Fork City. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Provo City | 116,288 | 4.3 ppb |
| Orem City Water System | 98,129 | 2.2 ppb |
| Lehi City | 93,446 | 3 ppb |
| Saratoga Springs City | 68,000 | 1.7 ppb |
| Eagle Mountain City | 61,266 | 1.5 ppb |
| Spanish Fork City | 47,169 | 1 ppb |
| Pleasant Grove City | 40,000 | 1.4 ppb |
| Springville City | 35,516 | 1.1 ppb |
| Highland City | 22,000 | 1.7 ppb |
| Vineyard City | 21,431 | 5 ppb |
Next steps for Lehi, UT
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lehi, UT may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask American Fork City whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.