Fountain Green, UT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.1 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Fountain Green at a glance
Fountain Green serves about 1,275 people through 468 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 Sanpete County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH20003; phone on file: 435-445-3453. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.16 ppb from 1.94 ppb in the period ending 2016. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fountain Green is 3.1 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.94 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. Fountain Green's 3.1 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Utah and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
19 other systems share Sanpete County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fountain Green. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ephraim City | 7,000 | 4.5 ppb |
| Mount Pleasant City | 4,040 | 2.2 ppb |
| Gunnison City | 3,509 | 2 ppb |
| Manti City | 3,429 | 1.7 ppb |
| Fairview City Water System | 2,092 | 3 ppb |
| Centerfield Town Water System | 1,700 | 1.7 ppb |
| Moroni City | 1,600 | 0.6 ppb |
| Spring City | 1,050 | 1.9 ppb |
| Mayfield Town Water System | 617 | 3.1 ppb |
| Twin Oaks Local District | 323 | 6.6 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fountain Green, 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 Fountain Green 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.