Arizona Water Co - Miami Claypool, AZ
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Arizona Water Co - Miami Claypool serves about 8,616 people through 2,891 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Gila County, Arizona. EPA system ID: AZ0404002; phone on file: 602-206-3765. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Arizona Water Co - Miami Claypool is 3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
How Arizona Water Co - Miami Claypool compares
Of the 730 Arizona systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 9 are over 15 ppb right now and 58 have gone over at some point. Arizona Water Co - Miami Claypool's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 60th percentile in Arizona and the 37th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
37 other systems share Gila County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Arizona Water Co - Miami Claypool. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Payson Town Of | 17,682 | 3.5 ppb |
| Pine Strawberry Wid | 8,013 | 13 ppb |
| Globe City Of | 7,536 | 0.68 ppb |
| Tonto Basin Water - Lr Gardens West | 1,172 | 8.5 ppb |
| Town Of Star Valley Water Department | 1,157 | 0 (not detected) |
| Payson Water - Mesa De Caballo | 976 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hayden Town Of | 517 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tonto Basin Water Roosevelt Lake Estates | 508 | 7.5 ppb |
| Gisela | 508 | 0 (not detected) |
| Roosevelt Ranch Rv & Mhp | 430 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Arizona Water Co - Miami Claypool's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Arizona Water Co - Miami Claypool 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.