Highlands Water Company Inc, UT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.5 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
About Highlands Water Company Inc
Highlands Water Company Inc serves about 1,200 people through 428 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Morgan County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH15005; phone on file: 801-391-2699. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Highlands Water Company Inc's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (1.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Highlands Water Company Inc is 4.9 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2024 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.9 ppb |
Against other Utah systems
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. Highlands Water Company Inc's 1.5 ppb sits at the 44th percentile in Utah and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Morgan County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Highlands Water Company Inc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan City Water System | 4,520 | 1.3 ppb |
| Cottonwood Mutual | 3,145 | 3.4 ppb |
| Peterson Pipeline Association | 510 | 1 ppb |
| Wasatch Peaks Ranch | 490 | 1.4 ppb |
| Central Enterprise Water Co | 425 | 3.5 ppb |
| Richville | 254 | 4.9 ppb |
| Hidden Hollow Water Company | 99 | 17.9 ppb |
| Monte Verde | 93 | 2.2 ppb |
| Croydon Pipeline Corporation | 92 | 0.9 ppb |
| South Robinson Springs Water Users | 28 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mountain 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 Highlands Water Company Inc whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1554.2 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.