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Annabella Town Water System

What EPA’s and Utah’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
860 people
Connections
351
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Annabella, UT
County
Sevier
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

84711

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, and 2 more are above the health goal. The worst: Nitrate, above the legal limit. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2001 to 2028.

Nitrate, arsenic, fluoride and chromium (total): Utah’s own results, samples taken from Nov. 16, 2020 to Oct. 22, 2025, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit1

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Above the legal limit

11.1ppm

Highest sample; found in 5 of 5

2020 average: 6.7 ppm

In 2020, two samples were above EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm, the highest 11.1 ppm. The next sample at the same point, within 30 days, kept the average above the limit for one; one came back under. That is the only year on file, and its five samples averaged 6.7 ppm. EPA recorded a violation for nitrate at this utility in 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 8.5 ppm, in 2019.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Above the health goal2

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

2.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

2025 average: 2.2 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.2 ppb, in 2022: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 2.9 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 2.2 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 2.7 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

0.7ppb

90th percentile, 2026 to 2028

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 0.7 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits1

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.31ppm

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

2025 average: 0.2 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.31 ppm, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 0.34 ppm. In 2025, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 0.2 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.3 ppm, in 2013.

What handles it

One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Chromium (total)

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge), Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Nitrate, Arsenic, Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Nitrate, Arsenic, Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: Nitrate; Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
NitrateA sample was above the legal limit, for a contaminant judged one sample at a time.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single SampleNov. 19, 2020 to Dec. 20, 202010.4 MG/LResolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 3 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Nitrate, arsenic, fluoride and chromium (total) results here are Utah’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Annabella Town Water System’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Utah’s results run from Nov. 16, 2020 to Oct. 22, 2025.

Testing your own tap

Annabella Town Water System’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Utah certifies.

The lab Utah certifies closest to the area Annabella Town Water System serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Central Utah Public Health Laboratory

    Richfield, UT · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (435) 896-5451

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Sources

PWSID UTAH21001. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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