Jordan Valley Wcd, UT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.05 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.
Jordan Valley Wcd at a glance
Jordan Valley Wcd serves about 99,335 people through 8,813 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Salt Lake County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH18027; phone on file: 801-565-4304. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Jordan Valley Wcd's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (5.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jordan Valley Wcd is 5.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.05 ppb |
| 2022 | 5.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 4.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.1 ppb |
How Jordan Valley Wcd compares
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. Jordan Valley Wcd's 5.05 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Utah and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
38 other systems share Salt Lake County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jordan Valley Wcd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City Water System | 383,612 | 2.51 ppb |
| Granger-Hunter Improvement District | 121,083 | 1.9 ppb |
| West Jordan City Water System | 117,025 | 2.5 ppb |
| Sandy City Water System | 99,750 | 2.92 ppb |
| South Jordan City | 89,704 | 4.1 ppb |
| Taylorsville-Bennion Id | 67,098 | 3.3 ppb |
| Herriman City Municipal Water Department | 60,000 | 3.8 ppb |
| University Of Utah | 57,080 | 5.5 ppb |
| Kearns Improvement District | 56,700 | 1.3 ppb |
| Riverton City Water System | 45,600 | 3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; West Jordan, 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 Jordan Valley Wcd 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.