Is Hayden, AZ tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Hayden has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Aravaipa Water Company.
Town of Hayden, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and CDC’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Hayden’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Town of Hayden
Arizona · serves 517 people · about 430 in Hayden
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Aravaipa Water Company
Arizona · serves 60 people · lists Hayden among the places it serves
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.6 ppb, above the health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Hayden
The 3 labs Arizona certifies closest to Hayden, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Turner Laboratories, Inc.
Tucson, AZ · about 56 miles
Complete Analytical Services, LLC
Tucson, AZ · about 56 miles
Legend Technical Services of Arizona, Inc. DBA Legend Analytical
Tucson, AZ · about 56 miles
ZIP codes in Hayden
Which ZIP codes are in Hayden: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona certified commercial drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Hayden
Other towns in Gila County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Town of Hayden’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water