Kingman Municipal Water, AZ
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Kingman Municipal Water at a glance
Kingman Municipal Water serves about 45,000 people through 18,400 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 groundwater, in Mohave County, Arizona. EPA system ID: AZ0408020; phone on file: 928-692-3125. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Kingman Municipal Water's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kingman Municipal Water is 110 ppb across 18 monitoring periods, 3 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 60 ppb over 15 |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 60 ppb over 15 |
| 2024 | 110 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0.66 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.66 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.66 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.66 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.66 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
Of the 730 Arizona systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 9 are over 15 ppb right now and 58 have gone over at some point. Kingman Municipal Water's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 66th percentile in Arizona and the 40th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Mohave County
49 other systems share Mohave County; 27 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kingman Municipal Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Havasu City Of | 54,610 | 3.1 ppb |
| Bullhead City Mohave | 36,330 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bermuda Water Company Inc | 25,000 | 5.6 ppb |
| Valley Pioneers Water Company Inc | 6,263 | 1.5 ppb |
| North Mohave Valley | 5,190 | 22 ppb |
| Epcor - Lake Havasu | 4,712 | 0 (not detected) |
| Golden Shores Water Company | 3,970 | 1.7 ppb |
| Golden Valley Improvement District | 3,950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Epcor - Willow Valley/King Street | 3,566 | 0 (not detected) |
| Az State Prison - Geo Group - Kingman | 3,500 | 1.3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Kingman, AZ 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 Kingman Municipal Water 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.