Is Williams, AZ tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 2 utilities serving Williams have 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 Williams and Bearizona.
City of Williams, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 4.6 ppb, above the legal limit.
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 Williams’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Williams
Arizona · serves 3,145 people · about 150 in Williams
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 4.6 ppb, above the legal limit.
8 health-based violations since 2016
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Bearizona
Arizona · serves 1,423 people · under 100 in Williams
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 8.7 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Williams’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic, Lead
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic, Lead
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic, Lead
Water testing near Williams
The 3 labs Arizona certifies closest to Williams, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Inner Basin Environmental, LLC
Flagstaff, AZ · about 33 miles
Nortest Analytical
Flagstaff, AZ · about 33 miles
Bradshaw Mountain Environmental Inc.
Prescott Valley, AZ · about 55 miles
ZIP codes in Williams
Which ZIP codes are in Williams: 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 Williams
Other towns in Coconino County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Williams’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for ArsenicRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best reverse osmosis systems, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water