East Thermopolis, Town Of, WY
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
East Thermopolis, Town Of at a glance
East Thermopolis, Town Of serves about 254 people through 129 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Hot Springs County, Wyoming. EPA system ID: WY5600226; phone on file: 307-864-9221. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 2 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for East Thermopolis, Town Of is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Wyoming systems
Of the 311 Wyoming systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 0 are over 15 ppb right now and 16 have gone over at some point. East Thermopolis, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 18th percentile in Wyoming and the 17th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Hot Springs County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than East Thermopolis, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Thermopolis, Town Of | 2,775 | 4 ppb |
| South Thermopolis W&S District | 450 | 1 ppb |
| Lucerne Water And Sewer Dist. | 350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Red Lane Domestic Water, Inc. | 110 | 2 ppb |
| Owl Creek Water District | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kirby, Town Of | 70 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in East Thermopolis, Town Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask East Thermopolis, Town Of 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.