Meeteetse, Town Of, WY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Meeteetse, Town Of at a glance
Meeteetse, Town Of serves about 327 people through 245 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Park County, Wyoming. EPA system ID: WY5600035; phone on file: 307-868-2278. 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 2020 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Meeteetse, Town Of is 3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
How Meeteetse, Town Of compares
Of the 311 Wyoming systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 0 are over 15 ppb right now and 16 have gone over at some point. Meeteetse, Town Of's 2 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in Wyoming and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Park County
10 other systems share Park County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Meeteetse, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cody, City Of | 10,224 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northwest Rural Water District | 7,330 | 0 (not detected) |
| Powell, City Of | 6,310 | 2 ppb |
| Ynp-Mammoth Hot Springs | 2,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Green Acres Mobile Home Park | 375 | 1 ppb |
| Jubys Mobile Home Park | 300 | 2 ppb |
| Rivers Bend Trailer Court | 96 | 0 (not detected) |
| Copperleaf Water System | 42 | 0 (not detected) |
| Big Valley & Crossed Arrows Imp Dist | 35 | 1 ppb |
| Shoshone Municipal Pipeline | 25 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Meeteetse, WY 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 Meeteetse, Town Of 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.