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Payson Water - Meads Ranch

What EPA’s and CDC’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
172 people
Connections
74
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Tonto Creek, AZ
County
Gila
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

85541

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Arsenic, nitrate, haloacetic acids (HAA5) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM): Arizona’s yearly averages per water system, as CDC’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Network publishes them, 2020 to 2023, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal1

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.4 ppb, in 2020: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Below EPA’s limits1

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.07ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2023

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.07 ppm, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
  • Lead
  • Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

These come with the water itself, so a whole-house system certified for the same claims treats every tap and shower. A filter at the tap treats drinking water for much less. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 2 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, nitrate, haloacetic acids (HAA5) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) results here are Arizona’s yearly averages as CDC publishes them, from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Payson Water - Meads Ranch’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; CDC’s yearly averages for Arizona cover 2020 to 2023.

Testing your own tap

Payson Water - Meads Ranch’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Arizona certifies.

The 3 labs Arizona certifies closest to the area Payson Water - Meads Ranch serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Statewide Laboratory

    Mesa, AZ · about 59 miles

    (480) 981-8859

  • Bradshaw Mountain Environmental Inc.

    Prescott Valley, AZ · about 61 miles

    (928) 778-4510

  • Legend Technical Services of Arizona, Inc. DBA Legend Analytical

    Phoenix, AZ · about 64 miles

    (602) 324-6100

All 49 certified labs for Arizona

Sources

PWSID AZ0404015. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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