Fairway Estates, WY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Who runs the water here
Fairway Estates serves about 135 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 Converse County, Wyoming. EPA system ID: WY5600918; phone on file: 307-359-3365. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fairway Estates is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 3 ppb |
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. Fairway Estates's 2 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Wyoming and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Converse County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fairway Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas, City Of | 6,400 | 2 ppb |
| Glenrock, Town Of | 2,466 | 2 ppb |
| Lone Tree Village Mhp | 475 | 3 ppb |
| Rolling Hills, Town Of | 450 | 1 ppb |
| Ridgewater Improvement District | 218 | 1 ppb |
| Douglas Koa Cg & Pine Meadows Mhp | 165 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sundance Meadows Spid | 50 | 3 ppb |
Next steps for Douglas, WY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Douglas, WY 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 Fairway Estates 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.