Bountiful City Water System, UT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 7.2 ppb (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. 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 Bountiful City Water System
Bountiful City Water System serves about 37,500 people through 11,458 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Davis County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH06015; phone on file: 801-298-6180. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.6 ppb from 5.6 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bountiful City Water System is 7.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 5.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 4.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.89 ppb |
How Bountiful City Water System compares
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. Bountiful City Water System's 7.2 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in Utah and the 95th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
19 other systems share Davis County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bountiful City Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Layton City Water System | 82,000 | 4.08 ppb |
| Syracuse City Water System | 35,561 | 2.6 ppb |
| Clearfield City Water System | 33,540 | 2.8 ppb |
| Kaysville City Water System | 32,976 | 2.4 ppb |
| Farmington City Water System | 27,860 | 3 ppb |
| Hill Air Force Base | 25,625 | 1.2 ppb |
| Clinton City Water System | 23,000 | 2.2 ppb |
| North Salt Lake City Water System | 18,655 | 16 ppb |
| Centerville City Water System | 17,155 | 3 ppb |
| Woods Cross City Water System | 13,110 | 13.5 ppb |
Next steps for Bountiful, UT
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bountiful, 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 Bountiful City Water System 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.