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Is Sedona, AZ tap water safe?

14 utilities serve Sedona, 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.

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The short answer

8 of the 14 utilities serving Sedona have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Arizona Water Co - Sedona, Oak Creek Water District, Oak Creek Utility Corp and 5 more.

Arizona Water Co - Sedona, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOA at 10 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 Sedona’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

4 more utilities in Sedona

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

  • Big Park Water Companyserves 7,392 people · lists Sedona among the places it serves · 7 health-based violations since 2016
  • Awc - Valley Vistaserves 1,788 people · lists Sedona among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Cross Creek Ranchserves 55 people · lists Sedona among the places it serves · 1 health-based violation since 2016
  • Bent River Apt Enchantment Resortserves 50 people · lists Sedona among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Arizona Water Co - Sedona’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 Sedona

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 Sedona, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Bradshaw Mountain Environmental Inc.

    Prescott Valley, AZ · about 28 miles

    (928) 778-4510

  • Inner Basin Environmental, LLC

    Flagstaff, AZ · about 31 miles

    (928) 440-5168

  • Nortest Analytical

    Flagstaff, AZ · about 31 miles

    (928) 774-2312

All 49 certified labs for Arizona

ZIP codes in Sedona

Which ZIP codes are in Sedona: 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 Sedona

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

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