Kane County Wcd - Johnson Canyon, UT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.2 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.
Kane County Wcd - Johnson Canyon at a glance
Kane County Wcd - Johnson Canyon serves about 900 people through 444 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 groundwater, in Kane County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH13038; phone on file: 435-644-3997. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (2.2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kane County Wcd - Johnson Canyon is 11.8 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 11.8 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 11.8 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.8 ppb |
How Kane County Wcd - Johnson Canyon 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. Kane County Wcd - Johnson Canyon's 2.2 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in Utah and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Kane County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kane County Wcd - Johnson Canyon. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kanab City | 4,985 | 3.1 ppb |
| Kane County Wcd - Duck Creek Village | 3,029 | 0.8 ppb |
| Orderville Town Water System | 805 | 1.7 ppb |
| Glen Canyon Nra - Bullfrog | 690 | 0.3 ppb |
| Glen Canyon Ssd Of Big Water | 480 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glendale Town Water System | 411 | 6.21 ppb |
| Church Wells Ssd | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elkridge Water Company | 178 | - |
| Alton Town Water System | 136 | 3 ppb |
| Clark Bench Water Company | 71 | 0.4 ppb |
Next steps for Kanab, UT
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Kanab, 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 Kane County Wcd - Johnson Canyon 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.