Duchesne County Upper Country Wid, UT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 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 Duchesne County Upper Country Wid
Duchesne County Upper Country Wid serves about 2,100 people through 836 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 Duchesne County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH07059; phone on file: 435-454-3513. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Duchesne County Upper Country Wid's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (1.2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Duchesne County Upper Country Wid is 1.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.9 ppb |
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. Duchesne County Upper Country Wid's 1.2 ppb sits at the 37th percentile in Utah and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Duchesne County
14 other systems share Duchesne County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Duchesne County Upper Country Wid. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt City Water System | 8,000 | 5.3 ppb |
| Johnson Water District | 2,065 | 0.8 ppb |
| Duchesne Water System | 2,000 | 0.92 ppb |
| Fruitland Water Ssd | 1,162 | 1.4 ppb |
| Myton City | 1,075 | 1.5 ppb |
| East Duchesne Culinary Wid | 1,000 | 1.8 ppb |
| Pinion Forest Ssd | 640 | 1.1 ppb |
| Neola Water And Sewer District | 490 | 4.7 ppb |
| Cedarview Montwell Ssd | 445 | 1.3 ppb |
| Hanna Water & Sewer Improvement District | 405 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Talmage, UT
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Talmage, 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 Duchesne County Upper Country Wid 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.