Countryside Estates Mhc, UT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.7 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2021). 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.
Countryside Estates Mhc at a glance
Countryside Estates Mhc serves about 96 people through 62 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Eau Claire County, Utah. EPA system ID: WI6180288. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is down 8.8 ppb from 12.5 ppb in the period ending 2018. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Countryside Estates Mhc is 12.5 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 12.5 ppb over 10 |
Against other Utah systems
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. Countryside Estates Mhc's 3.7 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Utah and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Eau Claire County
1 other system shares Eau Claire County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Countryside Estates Mhc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pine Edge Mhp | 300 | 8.35 ppb |
Next steps for Sandy, UT
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sandy, 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 Countryside Estates Mhc 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.