Is Winslow, AZ tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Winslow has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Aspc Apache.
City of Winslow, 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 Winslow’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Winslow
Arizona · serves 9,789 people · under 100 in Winslow
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Aspc Apache
Arizona · serves 540 people · lists Winslow among the places it serves
3 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 5.2 ppb, above the health goal.
3 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Winslow
The 3 labs Arizona certifies closest to Winslow, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Mohave Environmental Labs
Holbrook, AZ · about 34 miles
Inner Basin Environmental, LLC
Flagstaff, AZ · about 51 miles
Nortest Analytical
Flagstaff, AZ · about 51 miles
ZIP codes in Winslow
Which ZIP codes are in Winslow: 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 Winslow
Other towns in Navajo County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Winslow’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