Paradise Town Water System, UT
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11.3 ppb (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. 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 Paradise Town Water System
Paradise Town Water System serves about 1,014 people through 339 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 Cache County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH03016; phone on file: 435-245-6737. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Paradise Town Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (11.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Paradise Town Water System is 11.3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.3 ppb over 10 |
| 2024 | 11.3 ppb over 10 |
| 2021 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.7 ppb |
Against other Utah systems
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. Paradise Town Water System's 11.3 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Utah and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
21 other systems share Cache County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Paradise Town Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Logan City Water System | 55,540 | 2.2 ppb |
| Hyrum City | 10,891 | 3.4 ppb |
| Smithfield City | 10,223 | 4 ppb |
| Providence City Water System | 9,690 | 1.5 ppb |
| Nibley City Water | 9,200 | 1.6 ppb |
| North Logan City | 8,500 | 2.7 ppb |
| Wellsville City Water System | 4,190 | 2.8 ppb |
| River Heights City | 2,195 | 11.7 ppb |
| Lewiston City | 2,078 | 1.3 ppb |
| Millville City | 1,900 | 4 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Paradise, 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 Paradise Town 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.