Arroyo Water Company, AZ
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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
Arroyo Water Company serves about 150 people through 190 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Gila County, Arizona. EPA system ID: AZ0404083. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Arroyo Water Company is 4.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 4.2 ppb |
How Arroyo Water Company 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. Arroyo Water Company's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 18th percentile in Arizona and the 13th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
37 other systems share Gila County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Arroyo Water Company. 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 |
| Arizona Water Co - Miami Claypool | 8,616 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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) |
Next steps for Payson, AZ
Look up your address in Arroyo Water Company'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 Arroyo Water Company 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.