City Of Yuma, AZ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 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.
Who runs the water here
City Of Yuma serves about 103,264 people through 32,641 service connections, which makes it a very large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Yuma County, Arizona. EPA system ID: AZ0414024; phone on file: 928-373-4600. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
City Of Yuma's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0.79 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Yuma is 1.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.79 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.1 ppb |
How City Of Yuma compares
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. City Of Yuma's 1.1 ppb sits at the 77th percentile in Arizona and the 58th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
18 other systems share Yuma County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Yuma. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| San Luis City Of | 39,705 | 1 ppb |
| Foothills Water And Sewer Llc | 32,425 | 0 (not detected) |
| Somerton City Of | 14,197 | 1 ppb |
| Usmc Yuma Main System | 8,353 | 3 ppb |
| Aspc Yuma | 4,197 | 0.93 ppb |
| Wellton Town Of | 3,000 | 0.52 ppb |
| Howard Cantonment Area | 1,500 | 1.1 ppb |
| Sierra Pacific Mobile Manor | 816 | 0.54 ppb |
| Tacna Water Improvement District | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shepard Water Company | 430 | 5.3 ppb |
Next steps for Yuma, AZ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Yuma, 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 City Of Yuma 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.