Payson Water - East Verde Estates, AZ
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Payson Water - East Verde Estates at a glance
Payson Water - East Verde Estates serves about 375 people through 161 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Gila County, Arizona. EPA system ID: AZ0404026; phone on file: 928-478-6516. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Payson Water - East Verde Estates's lead record
That is up 4 ppb from 9 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Payson Water - East Verde Estates is 13 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 9 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
Of the 730 Arizona systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 9 are over 15 ppb right now and 58 have gone over at some point. Payson Water - East Verde Estates's 13 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Arizona and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
37 other systems share Gila County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Payson Water - East Verde Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Payson Town Of | 17,682 | 3.5 ppb |
| Arizona Water Co - Miami Claypool | 8,616 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pine Strawberry Wid | 8,013 | 13 ppb |
| Globe City Of | 7,536 | 0.68 ppb |
| Tonto Basin Water - Lr Gardens West | 1,172 | 8.5 ppb |
| Town Of Star Valley Water Department | 1,157 | 0 (not detected) |
| Payson Water - Mesa De Caballo | 976 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hayden Town Of | 517 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tonto Basin Water Roosevelt Lake Estates | 508 | 7.5 ppb |
| Gisela | 508 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Payson, AZ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Payson, AZ 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 Payson Water - East Verde Estates 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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.