Whispering Pines Water Co, UT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.1 ppb (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. 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
Whispering Pines Water Co serves about 99 people through 57 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Sanpete County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH20048; phone on file: 801-598-7072. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Whispering Pines Water Co's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (4.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Whispering Pines Water Co is 4.1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.1 ppb |
| 2024 | 4.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 3 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Whispering Pines Water Co's 4.1 ppb sits at the 83rd percentile in Utah and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
19 other systems share Sanpete County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Whispering Pines Water Co. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ephraim City | 7,000 | 4.5 ppb |
| Mount Pleasant City | 4,040 | 2.2 ppb |
| Gunnison City | 3,509 | 2 ppb |
| Manti City | 3,429 | 1.7 ppb |
| Fairview City Water System | 2,092 | 3 ppb |
| Centerfield Town Water System | 1,700 | 1.7 ppb |
| Moroni City | 1,600 | 0.6 ppb |
| Fountain Green | 1,275 | 3.1 ppb |
| Spring City | 1,050 | 1.9 ppb |
| Mayfield Town Water System | 617 | 3.1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mt Pleasant, 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 Whispering Pines Water Co 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.