Bluff Water Works Service District, UT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.3 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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.
About Bluff Water Works Service District
Bluff Water Works Service District serves about 430 people through 133 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in San Juan County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH19002; phone on file: 435-555-5555. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (0.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bluff Water Works Service District is 0.3 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.3 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. Bluff Water Works Service District's 0.3 ppb sits at the 15th percentile in Utah and the 41st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share San Juan County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bluff Water Works Service District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Blanding City | 3,500 | 1.3 ppb |
| Monticello City | 2,393 | 3.6 ppb |
| San Juan Spanish Valley Ssd | 550 | 6.9 ppb |
| Glen Canyon Nra - Halls Crossing | 190 | 7.3 ppb |
| Rockland Ranch | 175 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mexican Hat Ssd | 120 | 2.2 ppb |
| Eastland Special Service District | 90 | 7.2 ppb |
| Pack Creek Water Company | 75 | 49 ppb |
| Wilson Arch Water & Sewer Ssd | 37 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bluff, 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 Bluff Water Works Service District 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.