Is Sierra Vista Southeast, AZ tap water safe?
The short answer
3 of the 7 utilities serving Sierra Vista Southeast have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Pueblo del Sol Water Company, Southland Utilities - Golden Acres and East Slope Water - West.
Pueblo del Sol Water Company, 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 Sierra Vista Southeast’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Pueblo del Sol Water Company
Arizona · serves 12,804 people · about 7,800 in Sierra Vista Southeast
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
8 health-based violations since 2016
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East Slope Water Company
Arizona · serves 2,012 people · about 1,300 in Sierra Vista Southeast
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 16 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Bella Vista Water South
Arizona · serves 2,178 people · about 1,000 in Sierra Vista Southeast
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 24 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Southland Utilities - Golden Acres
Arizona · serves 1,635 people · about 1,000 in Sierra Vista Southeast
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
3 health-based violations since 2016
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Southern Sunrise WC Cochise Horseshoe
Arizona · serves 1,588 people · about 790 in Sierra Vista Southeast
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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East Slope Water - West
Arizona · serves 655 people · about 570 in Sierra Vista Southeast
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 16 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Southern Sunrise WC Miracle Valley
Arizona · serves 620 people · under 100 in Sierra Vista Southeast
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.8 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Sierra Vista Southeast
The 3 labs Arizona certifies closest to Sierra Vista Southeast, 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 66 miles
Complete Analytical Services, LLC
Tucson, AZ · about 66 miles
Legend Technical Services of Arizona, Inc. DBA Legend Analytical
Tucson, AZ · about 66 miles
Which ZIP codes are in Sierra Vista Southeast: 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 Sierra Vista Southeast
Other towns in Cochise County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Pueblo del Sol Water Company’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