Southland Utilities - Golden Acres, AZ
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Southland Utilities - Golden Acres at a glance
Southland Utilities - Golden Acres serves about 1,635 people through 699 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Cochise County, Arizona. EPA system ID: AZ0402029; phone on file: 520-623-5172. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Southland Utilities - Golden Acres's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Southland Utilities - Golden Acres is 19 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 5.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 14 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 5.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 16 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 19 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 6.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 8.1 ppb |
How Southland Utilities - Golden Acres compares
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. Southland Utilities - Golden Acres's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 48th percentile in Arizona and the 29th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Cochise County
49 other systems share Cochise County; 18 of them have a higher latest lead result than Southland Utilities - Golden Acres. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bella Vista City Water System | 20,045 | 0 (not detected) |
| Douglas City Of | 16,656 | 0 (not detected) |
| Us Army Fort Huachuca | 15,603 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pueblo Del Sol Water Company | 12,804 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arizona Water Co - Sierra Vista | 9,233 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arizona Water Co - Bisbee | 8,590 | 0 (not detected) |
| Benson, City Of Water System | 5,355 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Willcox | 3,236 | 0 (not detected) |
| St David Dwid | 2,192 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bella Vista Water South | 2,178 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tucson, 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 Southland Utilities - Golden Acres 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.