Jensen Wid, UT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 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.
Jensen Wid at a glance
Jensen Wid serves about 1,375 people through 595 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 surface water, in Uintah County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH24010; phone on file: 435-789-2781. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Jensen Wid's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jensen Wid is 1.7 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.7 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. Jensen Wid's 1.7 ppb sits at the 48th percentile in Utah and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Uintah County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jensen Wid. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ashley Valley Water And Sewer Id | 13,835 | 7.1 ppb |
| Vernal City Water System | 10,000 | 0.7 ppb |
| Maeser Improvement District | 4,152 | 4.1 ppb |
| Tridell Lapoint Wid | 1,525 | 13.7 ppb |
| Ballard Water Improvement District | 1,005 | 4.1 ppb |
| Ouray Park Water Improvement District | 300 | 1.1 ppb |
| Pine Meadows Pud | 224 | 0.58 ppb |
| Mile High Village | 188 | 0.19 ppb |
| Central Utah Wcd - Ashley Valley | - | - |
Next steps for Jensen, UT
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jensen, 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 Jensen Wid 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.