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Is Three Points, AZ tap water safe?

11 utilities serve Three Points, 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

None of the 11 utilities serving Three Points has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.

City of Tucson, which serves the most people here, has 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 63.7 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Three Points’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

1 more utility in Three Points

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

  • Worden Water Companyserves 60 people · under 100 in Three Points · 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 City of Tucson’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 Three Points

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 Three Points, 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 30 miles

    (520) 882-5880

  • Complete Analytical Services, LLC

    Tucson, AZ · about 30 miles

    (520) 884-5811

  • Legend Technical Services of Arizona, Inc. DBA Legend Analytical

    Tucson, AZ · about 30 miles

    (520) 327-1234

All 49 certified labs for Arizona

ZIP codes in Three Points

Which ZIP codes are in Three Points: 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 Three Points

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