Pine Creek Canyon Dwid, AZ
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Pine Creek Canyon Dwid at a glance
Pine Creek Canyon Dwid serves about 140 people through 140 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: AZ0404044; phone on file: 928-476-2260. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Pine Creek Canyon Dwid's lead record
That is down 4.5 ppb from 4.5 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pine Creek Canyon Dwid is 24.5 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 4.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 24.5 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 1.28 ppb |
| 2019 | 6.73 ppb |
| 2018 | 7.28 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.9 ppb |
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. Pine Creek Canyon Dwid's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 17th percentile in Arizona and the 12th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
37 other systems share Gila County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pine Creek Canyon Dwid. 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 Pine, AZ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pine, 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 Pine Creek Canyon Dwid 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.