Escalante Town Water System, UT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.8 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.
Escalante Town Water System at a glance
Escalante Town Water System serves about 800 people through 732 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 Garfield County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH09004; phone on file: 435-826-4644. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (1.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Escalante Town Water System is 1.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.6 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Escalante Town Water System's 1.8 ppb sits at the 51st percentile in Utah and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Garfield County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Escalante Town Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Panguitch City Water System | 1,800 | 0.7 ppb |
| Rubys Inn | 700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tropic Town Water System | 586 | 3.8 ppb |
| Bryce Canyon National Park | 351 | 10.2 ppb |
| Boulder Farmstead Water Co | 277 | 0.5 ppb |
| Cannonville Town Water System | 245 | 1 ppb |
| Hatch Town Water System | 234 | - |
| Henrieville Town Water System | 221 | 9.8 ppb |
| Antimony Town Water System | 135 | 2.1 ppb |
| Ticaboo Utility Improvement District | 73 | 0.6 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Escalante, 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 Escalante 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.