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Deseret Feedlot

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
60 people
Connections
10
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Elberta, UT
County
Utah
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

84626

The short answer

2 results are above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 1995 to 2024.

Arsenic, fluoride, chromium (total) and nitrate: Utah’s own results, samples taken from May 20, 2020 to Aug. 25, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Haloacetic acids (HAA5) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM): EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Sept. 19, 2016 to Nov. 13, 2019. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal2

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

9.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

Averaged by year, the highest was 9.4 ppb, in 2026: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 10.4 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. EPA recorded no violation for arsenic at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 9.9 ppb, in 2012.

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

2.4ppb

90th percentile, 2022 to 2024

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 2.4 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 limits3

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.36ppm

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

2025, one sample: 0.29 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.36 ppm, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2025, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.29 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.44 ppm, in 2019.

What handles it

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

3.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2016 to 2019

2019: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 3.4 ppb, in 2017, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2019, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

3.8ppb

Highest yearly average, 2016 to 2019

2019, one sample: 2.8 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 3.8 ppb, in 2017, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2019, the latest year on file, its one sample was 2.8 ppb.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Chromium (total)
  • Nitrate

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: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Arsenic, Lead

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

  • NSF/ANSI 58

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

    For: Arsenic, Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: 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

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 34 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, fluoride, chromium (total) and nitrate results here are Utah’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Haloacetic acids (HAA5) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Deseret Feedlot’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has newer results for those and 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 May 20, 2020 to Aug. 25, 2026; EPA’s compliance samples are from Sept. 19, 2016 to Nov. 13, 2019.

Testing your own tap

Deseret Feedlot’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 3 labs Utah certifies closest to the area Deseret Feedlot serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Provo Water Resources Laboratory

    Provo, UT · about 28 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (801) 852-6796

  • Jordan Valley Laboratory

    Herriman, UT · about 39 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts

    (801) 446-2000

  • Chemtech-Ford, Inc.

    Sandy, UT · about 47 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS, radioactivity

    (801) 262-7299

All 60 certified labs for Utah

Sources

PWSID UTAH25044. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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