Chandler Heights Citrus Irrigation Dist, AZ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.9 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.
Chandler Heights Citrus Irrigation Dist at a glance
Chandler Heights Citrus Irrigation Dist serves about 2,620 people through 1,063 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Maricopa County, Arizona. EPA system ID: AZ0407409; phone on file: 480-988-2731. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Chandler Heights Citrus Irrigation Dist's lead record
That is up 3.9 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Chandler Heights Citrus Irrigation Dist is 3.9 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
Against other Arizona systems
Of the 730 Arizona systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 9 are over 15 ppb right now and 58 have gone over at some point. Chandler Heights Citrus Irrigation Dist's 3.9 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Arizona and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
99 other systems share Maricopa County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Chandler Heights Citrus Irrigation Dist. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Phoenix City Of | 1,695,000 | 2.74 ppb |
| Mesa City Of | 466,000 | 5.01 ppb |
| Gilbert, Town Of | 247,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chandler City Of | 247,328 | 1.4 ppb |
| Scottsdale City Of | 241,361 | 2.3 ppb |
| Glendale City Of | 234,766 | 2.11 ppb |
| Peoria City Of | 187,676 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tempe City Of | 165,000 | 4.4 ppb |
| Epcor - Agua Fria | 128,040 | 0 (not detected) |
| Avondale City Of | 96,130 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Chandler Heights, AZ 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 Chandler Heights Citrus Irrigation Dist 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.