Usdj Fbp Fed Corr Inst Safford, AZ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.7 ppb (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. 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
Usdj Fbp Fed Corr Inst Safford serves about 949 people through 16 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws groundwater, in Graham County, Arizona. EPA system ID: AZ0405306; phone on file: 928-428-6600. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 5.7 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Usdj Fbp Fed Corr Inst Safford is 5.7 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.9 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. Usdj Fbp Fed Corr Inst Safford's 5.7 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in Arizona and the 92nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Graham County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Usdj Fbp Fed Corr Inst Safford. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Safford City Of | 20,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Graham County Utilities - Pima | 3,899 | 0 (not detected) |
| Adoc Aspc Fort Grant | 800 | 9.5 ppb |
| Graham County Utilities-Fort Thomas | 452 | 32 ppb |
| Eden Water Company Inc | 400 | 0.9 ppb |
| Ash Creek Water Company | 310 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Safford, 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 Usdj Fbp Fed Corr Inst Safford 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.