Valle Verde Del Norte, AZ
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2020-2022). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Valle Verde Del Norte serves about 300 people through 105 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Pima County, Arizona. EPA system ID: AZ0410152; phone on file: 520-471-4852. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Valle Verde Del Norte's lead record
Against the period ending 2019 (0.58 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Valle Verde Del Norte is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0.58 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
How Valle Verde Del Norte 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. Valle Verde Del Norte's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 28th percentile in Arizona and the 18th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
137 other systems share Pima County; 44 of them have a higher latest lead result than Valle Verde Del Norte. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tucson City Of | 732,906 | 0.65 ppb |
| Metropolitan Dwid | 45,570 | 0.57 ppb |
| Oro Valley Water Utility | 42,316 | 1 ppb |
| Community Wc Of Green Valley | 22,085 | 0 (not detected) |
| Usaf Davis Monthan Afb | 18,640 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sahuarita Water Company | 18,178 | 0 (not detected) |
| Vail Water Company | 17,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Flowing Wells Irrigation District | 16,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marana Municipal - Marana | 15,162 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tucson Water Corona De Tucson | 10,217 | 0.78 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Valle Verde Del Norte's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Valle Verde Del Norte 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.