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Is Sun Valley, ID tap water safe?

Sun Valley Water and Sewer Dist serves Sun Valley, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Sun Valley Water and Sewer Dist serves Sun Valley. In EPA’s records it has 2 results above the health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Lead at 4.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Sun Valley Water and Sewer Dist’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Sun Valley

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 Idaho certifies.

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

All 33 certified labs for Idaho

ZIP codes in Sun Valley

Which ZIP codes are in Sun Valley: 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.

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