Clarkston Town Water System, UT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.7 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.
Clarkston Town Water System at a glance
Clarkston Town Water System serves about 763 people through 292 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Cache County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH03004; phone on file: 435-563-9090. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Clarkston Town Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (3.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Clarkston Town Water System is 7.9 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 7.9 ppb |
How Clarkston Town 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. Clarkston Town Water System's 3.7 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Utah and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
21 other systems share Cache County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Clarkston Town Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Logan City Water System | 55,540 | 2.2 ppb |
| Hyrum City | 10,891 | 3.4 ppb |
| Smithfield City | 10,223 | 4 ppb |
| Providence City Water System | 9,690 | 1.5 ppb |
| Nibley City Water | 9,200 | 1.6 ppb |
| North Logan City | 8,500 | 2.7 ppb |
| Wellsville City Water System | 4,190 | 2.8 ppb |
| River Heights City | 2,195 | 11.7 ppb |
| Lewiston City | 2,078 | 1.3 ppb |
| Millville City | 1,900 | 4 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Clarkston, 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 Clarkston Town 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.