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Is Thatcher, AZ tap water safe?

City of Safford serves Thatcher, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

City of Safford serves Thatcher. In EPA’s and CDC’s records it has 1 result above the legal limit, 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and 2 health-based violations since 2016.

The worst: Fluoride at 2.6 ppm, above the legal limit.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Safford’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Thatcher

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.

No lab Arizona certifies is within 75 miles of Thatcher on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

All 49 certified labs for Arizona

ZIP codes in Thatcher

Which ZIP codes are in Thatcher: 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.

Near Thatcher

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

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