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Is Payson, AZ tap water safe?

14 utilities serve Payson, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

7 of the 14 utilities serving Payson have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Payson Water - East Verde Estates, W Ranch Resort, Cs Gardner Water Company and 4 more.

Town of Payson, which serves the most people here, has 3 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOS at 42.2 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

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 Payson’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

4 more utilities in Payson

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Payson than those above.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Town of Payson’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Payson

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Arizona certifies.

The 3 labs Arizona certifies closest to Payson, 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

ZIP codes in Payson

Which ZIP codes are in Payson: 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 Payson

Other towns in Gila County with a page of their own.

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