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South Weber Water System, UT

Lead detected, under the action levels

Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.3 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.

South Weber Water System at a glance

South Weber Water System serves about 8,125 people through 2,483 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 Davis County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH06010; phone on file: 801-479-3177. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.

South Weber Water System's lead record

Against the period ending 2024 (2.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for South Weber Water System is 9.8 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.

Period ending90th-percentile lead
20262.3 ppb
20242.3 ppb
20223.2 ppb
20199.8 ppb
20164.1 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. South Weber Water System's 2.3 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Utah and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).

Other water systems in Davis County

19 other systems share Davis County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than South Weber Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.

SystemPeopleLatest lead
Layton City Water System82,0004.08 ppb
Bountiful City Water System37,5007.2 ppb
Syracuse City Water System35,5612.6 ppb
Clearfield City Water System33,5402.8 ppb
Kaysville City Water System32,9762.4 ppb
Farmington City Water System27,8603 ppb
Hill Air Force Base25,6251.2 ppb
Clinton City Water System23,0002.2 ppb
North Salt Lake City Water System18,65516 ppb
Centerville City Water System17,1553 ppb

Next steps for South Weber City, UT

Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; South Weber City, 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 South Weber 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.