Vernon Dwid, AZ
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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
Vernon Dwid serves about 100 people through 33 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Apache County, Arizona. EPA system ID: AZ0401019; phone on file: 928-245-5914. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Vernon Dwid's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Vernon Dwid is 0 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Vernon Dwid's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 12th percentile in Arizona and the 9th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Apache County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Vernon Dwid. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Eagar Town Of | 4,590 | 1.2 ppb |
| St Johns City Of | 3,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Springerville Town Of | 1,972 | 0 (not detected) |
| Petrified Forest Np | 1,742 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cedar Grove Water Company | 1,564 | 1.4 ppb |
| Alpine Dwid | 1,320 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lord Az Water 2 - Winchester Trails | 1,289 | 0 (not detected) |
| Livco Water Company | 1,120 | 6 ppb |
| Aspc Apache | 540 | 5.9 ppb |
| Sanders School District | 350 | 1.5 ppb |
Next steps for Eagar, AZ
Look up your address in Vernon Dwid'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 Vernon Dwid 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.