Ogden City Water System, UT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.9 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.
About Ogden City Water System
Ogden City Water System serves about 87,267 people through 26,050 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 surface water, in Weber County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH29011; phone on file: 801-629-8097. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Ogden City Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (2.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ogden City Water System is 4.6 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.32 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.6 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Ogden City Water System's 1.9 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Utah and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Weber County
31 other systems share Weber County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ogden City Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Roy City Water System | 38,800 | 1.7 ppb |
| Bona Vista Water District | 29,000 | 2.7 ppb |
| North Ogden City | 22,000 | 1.1 ppb |
| Hooper Water Improvement District | 20,820 | 3.3 ppb |
| South Ogden City Water System | 17,500 | 2.41 ppb |
| Taylor-West Weber Wid | 9,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Washington Terrace City Water System | 9,260 | 1.8 ppb |
| Pleasant View Culinary Water | 9,250 | 1.7 ppb |
| Riverdale City Water System | 8,945 | 0.71 ppb |
| West Haven Ssd | 3,360 | 0.86 ppb |
Next steps for Brigham City, UT
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Brigham City, 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 Ogden City Water System 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.