Lake Roosevelt Gardens East, AZ
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
About Lake Roosevelt Gardens East
Lake Roosevelt Gardens East serves about 121 people through 52 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Gila County, Arizona. EPA system ID: AZ0404022; phone on file: 928-478-6516. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 8 ppb from 8 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lake Roosevelt Gardens East is 17 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 8 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 17 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 7.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 17 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.9 ppb |
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. Lake Roosevelt Gardens East's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 15th percentile in Arizona and the 11th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
37 other systems share Gila County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lake Roosevelt Gardens East. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Payson Town Of | 17,682 | 3.5 ppb |
| Arizona Water Co - Miami Claypool | 8,616 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pine Strawberry Wid | 8,013 | 13 ppb |
| Globe City Of | 7,536 | 0.68 ppb |
| Tonto Basin Water - Lr Gardens West | 1,172 | 8.5 ppb |
| Town Of Star Valley Water Department | 1,157 | 0 (not detected) |
| Payson Water - Mesa De Caballo | 976 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hayden Town Of | 517 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tonto Basin Water Roosevelt Lake Estates | 508 | 7.5 ppb |
| Gisela | 508 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Payson, 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 Lake Roosevelt Gardens East 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. More in what a past exceedance means today.