Bear Lake West, UT
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.
Bear Lake West at a glance
Bear Lake West serves about 100 people through 384 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Bear Lake County, Utah. EPA system ID: ID6040005; phone on file: 425-301-4070. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Bear Lake West's lead record
That is down 13 ppb from 13 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bear Lake West is 13 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 9 ppb |
Against other Utah systems
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. Bear Lake West's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 3rd percentile in Utah and the 9th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Bear Lake County
3 other systems share Bear Lake County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Bear Lake West. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sams Hollow Water Company | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aspen Creek Water Company | 64 | 7 ppb |
| Canyon Estates Water System | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Bear Lake West'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 Bear Lake West 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.