Eastland Special Service District, UT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 7.2 ppb (monitoring period 2014-2016). 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.
Eastland Special Service District at a glance
Eastland Special Service District serves about 90 people through 33 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 groundwater, in San Juan County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH19013; phone on file: 435-459-1115. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Eastland Special Service District's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Eastland Special Service District is 7.2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 7.2 ppb |
How Eastland Special Service District 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. Eastland Special Service District's 7.2 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in Utah and the 95th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share San Juan County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Eastland Special Service District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Blanding City | 3,500 | 1.3 ppb |
| Monticello City | 2,393 | 3.6 ppb |
| San Juan Spanish Valley Ssd | 550 | 6.9 ppb |
| Bluff Water Works Service District | 430 | 0.3 ppb |
| Glen Canyon Nra - Halls Crossing | 190 | 7.3 ppb |
| Rockland Ranch | 175 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mexican Hat Ssd | 120 | 2.2 ppb |
| Pack Creek Water Company | 75 | 49 ppb |
| Wilson Arch Water & Sewer Ssd | 37 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Monticello, 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 Eastland Special Service District 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.