Carpenter W&S District, WY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (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. 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 Carpenter W&S District
Carpenter W&S District serves about 94 people through 42 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 Laramie County, Wyoming. EPA system ID: WY5601464; phone on file: 307-640-0555. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Carpenter W&S District is 3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 3 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
Against other Wyoming systems
Of the 311 Wyoming systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 0 are over 15 ppb right now and 16 have gone over at some point. Carpenter W&S District's 2 ppb sits at the 58th percentile in Wyoming and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
15 other systems share Laramie County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Carpenter W&S District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cheyenne Board Of Public Utilities | 64,165 | 15 ppb |
| South Cheyenne Water & Sewer District | 10,000 | 6 ppb |
| Usaf F.E. Warren Afb | 5,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Winchester Hills | 1,078 | 3 ppb |
| Burns Board Of Public Utilities | 1,024 | 1 ppb |
| West Winds | 663 | 0 (not detected) |
| Big Country Estates | 615 | 1 ppb |
| Cimmaron Village | 327 | 2 ppb |
| Orchard Valley Water Company | 260 | 0 (not detected) |
| Albin, Town Of | 181 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cheyenne, WY 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 Carpenter W&S 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.