Bryce Canyon National Park, UT
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 10.2 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Bryce Canyon National Park serves about 351 people through 35 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws groundwater, in Garfield County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH09045; phone on file: 435-834-4714. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Bryce Canyon National Park's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (10.2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bryce Canyon National Park is 147 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 3 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.2 ppb over 10 |
| 2024 | 10.2 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 147 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 147 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 147 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 6.99 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Bryce Canyon National Park's 10.2 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Utah and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Garfield County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bryce Canyon National Park. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Panguitch City Water System | 1,800 | 0.7 ppb |
| Escalante Town Water System | 800 | 1.8 ppb |
| Rubys Inn | 700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tropic Town Water System | 586 | 3.8 ppb |
| Boulder Farmstead Water Co | 277 | 0.5 ppb |
| Cannonville Town Water System | 245 | 1 ppb |
| Hatch Town Water System | 234 | - |
| Henrieville Town Water System | 221 | 9.8 ppb |
| Antimony Town Water System | 135 | 2.1 ppb |
| Ticaboo Utility Improvement District | 73 | 0.6 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tropic, 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 Bryce Canyon National Park 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.