Globe City Of, AZ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.68 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Globe City Of at a glance
Globe City Of serves about 7,536 people through 3,538 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Gila County, Arizona. EPA system ID: AZ0404008; phone on file: 928-425-8346. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Globe City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0.64 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Globe City Of is 2.4 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.68 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.64 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 2.4 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 730 Arizona systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 9 are over 15 ppb right now and 58 have gone over at some point. Globe City Of's 0.68 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in Arizona and the 46th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
37 other systems share Gila County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Globe City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Payson Town Of | 17,682 | 3.5 ppb |
| Arizona Water Co - Miami Claypool | 8,616 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pine Strawberry Wid | 8,013 | 13 ppb |
| Tonto Basin Water - Lr Gardens West | 1,172 | 8.5 ppb |
| Town Of Star Valley Water Department | 1,157 | 0 (not detected) |
| Payson Water - Mesa De Caballo | 976 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hayden Town Of | 517 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tonto Basin Water Roosevelt Lake Estates | 508 | 7.5 ppb |
| Gisela | 508 | 0 (not detected) |
| Roosevelt Ranch Rv & Mhp | 430 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Globe, AZ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Globe, AZ 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 Globe City 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.