North Fork Ssd, UT
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About North Fork Ssd
North Fork Ssd serves about 1,480 people through 247 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 Utah County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH25109; phone on file: 801-362-6013. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
North Fork Ssd's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (13 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Fork Ssd is 13 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 4.6 ppb |
How North Fork 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 Fork Ssd's 13 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Utah and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
42 other systems share Utah County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Fork Ssd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Provo City | 116,288 | 4.3 ppb |
| Orem City Water System | 98,129 | 2.2 ppb |
| Lehi City | 93,446 | 3 ppb |
| Saratoga Springs City | 68,000 | 1.7 ppb |
| Eagle Mountain City | 61,266 | 1.5 ppb |
| Spanish Fork City | 47,169 | 1 ppb |
| Pleasant Grove City | 40,000 | 1.4 ppb |
| American Fork City | 39,045 | 3.7 ppb |
| Springville City | 35,516 | 1.1 ppb |
| Highland City | 22,000 | 1.7 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Spanish Fork, 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 Fork Ssd whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1996.8 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.