Powell, City Of, WY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
Who runs the water here
Powell, City Of serves about 6,310 people through 2,542 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Park County, Wyoming. EPA system ID: WY5600042; phone on file: 307-754-6961. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Powell, City Of's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Powell, City Of is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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. Powell, City Of's 2 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Wyoming and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Park County
10 other systems share Park County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Powell, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cody, City Of | 10,224 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northwest Rural Water District | 7,330 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ynp-Mammoth Hot Springs | 2,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Green Acres Mobile Home Park | 375 | 1 ppb |
| Meeteetse, Town Of | 327 | 2 ppb |
| Jubys Mobile Home Park | 300 | 2 ppb |
| Rivers Bend Trailer Court | 96 | 0 (not detected) |
| Copperleaf Water System | 42 | 0 (not detected) |
| Big Valley & Crossed Arrows Imp Dist | 35 | 1 ppb |
| Shoshone Municipal Pipeline | 25 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Powell, WY 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 Powell, City Of 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.