Arizona Water Co - Sierra Vista, 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.
About Arizona Water Co - Sierra Vista
Arizona Water Co - Sierra Vista serves about 9,233 people through 3,234 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Cochise County, Arizona. EPA system ID: AZ0402004; 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 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Arizona Water Co - Sierra Vista is 2.8 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.8 ppb |
How Arizona Water Co - Sierra Vista 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 - Sierra Vista'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.
Other water systems in Cochise County
49 other systems share Cochise County; 18 of them have a higher latest lead result than Arizona Water Co - Sierra Vista. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bella Vista City Water System | 20,045 | 0 (not detected) |
| Douglas City Of | 16,656 | 0 (not detected) |
| Us Army Fort Huachuca | 15,603 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pueblo Del Sol Water Company | 12,804 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arizona Water Co - Bisbee | 8,590 | 0 (not detected) |
| Benson, City Of Water System | 5,355 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Willcox | 3,236 | 0 (not detected) |
| St David Dwid | 2,192 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bella Vista Water South | 2,178 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Slope Water Company | 2,012 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Arizona Water Co - Sierra Vista'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 - Sierra Vista 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.