All water systems, including Ivins City, are required by the EPA and Utah Division of Drinking Water to provide a full inventory of the materials used for all water service lines before October 2024. The purpose of this survey is to identify any lead service lines which could contribute to lead contamination in the drinking water.

Ivins City has recently conducted our survey which included reviewing City and County records as well as physical field verification of older water service lines. Based on these efforts, the City is able to claim with a high level of confidence that there are no lead service lines in the City’s water system.

Also, for background purposes, the City samples for lead in the water supply every three years, with the last test being in 2021 and ongoing sampling is occurring in 2024. In 2021, eight of the twenty samples taken were analyzed and shown to contain no detectable amount of lead. Of the 12 samples that did have some traces of lead, the concentrations were no more than 40 percent of the maximum concentration level (MCL) allowed by the EPA with an average concentration of 1.1 part per billion which is 7 percent of the MCL.

The following map shows the service locations that were evaluated and established to be lead free. https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/e9337bf882334b4abb464b69ae43457a

The City has established that the service line pipes on both the homeowner side and utility side of the City’s water meter are not made of lead. If you suspect that this assessment is not accurate, please contact the Ivins City Public Works Department (435-634-0689 or [email protected]) immediately for further investigation.

Also, as a reminder, even though the city took responsibility to determine the material used on both sides of the water meter, it good for homeowners to remain educated that the maintenance of the service line starting from the back side of the meter to the house is the responsibility of the home owner as shown in the following diagram.