Howell Town Water System, UT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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
Howell Town Water System serves about 260 people through 112 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Box Elder County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH02017; phone on file: 435-241-6935. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Howell Town Water System is 2.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.8 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. Howell Town Water System's 1 ppb sits at the 28th percentile in Utah and the 52nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
33 other systems share Box Elder County; 21 of them have a higher latest lead result than Howell Town Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Brigham City Water System | 20,540 | 0.8 ppb |
| Tremonton City | 13,000 | 1 ppb |
| Perry City | 6,570 | 1.3 ppb |
| West Corinne Water Co | 1,970 | 1.1 ppb |
| Honeyville Town Water System | 1,750 | 6.7 ppb |
| South Willard | 1,500 | 1.1 ppb |
| Ukon Water Company | 1,465 | 1.4 ppb |
| Elwood Town | 1,300 | 2.3 ppb |
| Mantua Town Water System | 1,200 | 1.8 ppb |
| Riverside-North Garland Water Co | 1,193 | 2.2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Howell, 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 Howell Town Water System 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.