Owl Creek Water District, WY
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Owl Creek Water District
Owl Creek Water District serves about 100 people through 30 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 Hot Springs County, Wyoming. EPA system ID: WY5601673. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Owl Creek Water District's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Owl Creek Water District is 2.3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
Against other Wyoming systems
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. Owl Creek Water District's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 10th percentile in Wyoming and the 10th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Hot Springs County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Owl Creek Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Thermopolis, Town Of | 2,775 | 4 ppb |
| South Thermopolis W&S District | 450 | 1 ppb |
| Lucerne Water And Sewer Dist. | 350 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Thermopolis, Town Of | 254 | 0 (not detected) |
| Red Lane Domestic Water, Inc. | 110 | 2 ppb |
| Kirby, Town Of | 70 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Owl Creek Water District's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Owl Creek Water District 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.