North Emery Ssd, UT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 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.
Who runs the water here
North Emery Ssd serves about 1,452 people through 534 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 surface water, in Emery County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH08007; phone on file: 435-637-2649. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.7 ppb from 5.7 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Emery Ssd is 5.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 5.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.6 ppb |
How North Emery Ssd 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. North Emery Ssd's 3 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in Utah and the 82nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Emery County
10 other systems share Emery County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Emery Ssd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Huntington - Castle Valley Ssd | 2,129 | 2.4 ppb |
| Castledale | 1,700 | 2.7 ppb |
| Ferron - Castle Valley Ssd | 1,660 | 2.2 ppb |
| Orangeville | 1,420 | 1.7 ppb |
| Green River City | 910 | 1.3 ppb |
| Cleveland Water System | 509 | 3.4 ppb |
| Elmo Town | 368 | 6.5 ppb |
| Emery | 315 | 1 ppb |
| Clawson Water System | 200 | 1.8 ppb |
| Trail Cyn Residents Assn | 62 | 0.69 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Clevland, 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 North Emery Ssd 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.