Gw Farmers Water Co - Sahuarita Highland, AZ
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Gw Farmers Water Co - Sahuarita Highland at a glance
Gw Farmers Water Co - Sahuarita Highland serves about 384 people through 156 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Pima County, Arizona. EPA system ID: AZ0410414; phone on file: 480-328-9281. 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 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gw Farmers Water Co - Sahuarita Highland is 27 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0.61 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.64 ppb |
| 2018 | 27 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.51 ppb |
| 2016 | 27 ppb over 15 |
How Gw Farmers Water Co - Sahuarita Highland compares
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. Gw Farmers Water Co - Sahuarita Highland's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 31st percentile in Arizona and the 20th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
137 other systems share Pima County; 44 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gw Farmers Water Co - Sahuarita Highland. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tucson City Of | 732,906 | 0.65 ppb |
| Metropolitan Dwid | 45,570 | 0.57 ppb |
| Oro Valley Water Utility | 42,316 | 1 ppb |
| Community Wc Of Green Valley | 22,085 | 0 (not detected) |
| Usaf Davis Monthan Afb | 18,640 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sahuarita Water Company | 18,178 | 0 (not detected) |
| Vail Water Company | 17,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Flowing Wells Irrigation District | 16,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marana Municipal - Marana | 15,162 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tucson Water Corona De Tucson | 10,217 | 0.78 ppb |
Next steps for Maricopa, AZ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Maricopa, 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 Gw Farmers Water Co - Sahuarita Highland 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.