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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
315 people
Connections
182
Water source
Surface water
Based in
Castledale, UT
County
Emery
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

84522

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 2003 to 2025.

Arsenic, fluoride, nitrate and chromium (total): Utah’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 19, 2020 to March 30, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5): EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Feb. 22, 2012 to Aug. 20, 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

0.8ppb

Highest yearly average, 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.8 ppb, in 2025: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That is the only year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.8 ppb, in 2016.

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

1.0ppb

90th percentile, 2023 to 2025

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 1.0 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 limits4

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

44.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2019

2019 average: 24.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 44.9 ppb, in 2014, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 72.8 ppb. In 2019, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 24.4 ppb.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

23.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2019

2019 average: 5.3 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 23.2 ppb, in 2014, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 42 ppb. In 2019, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 5.3 ppb.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.16ppm

Highest yearly average, 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.16 ppm, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That is the only year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.2 ppm, in 2016.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.13ppm

Highest sample; found in 3 of 7

2026: not found

The highest sample, in 2025, was 0.13 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.3 ppm, in 2017.

What handles it

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

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 5 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, fluoride, nitrate and chromium (total) results here are Utah’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5) come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Emery’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 Feb. 19, 2020 to March 30, 2026; EPA’s compliance samples are from Feb. 22, 2012 to Aug. 20, 2019.

Testing your own tap

Emery’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 2 labs Utah certifies closest to the area Emery 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 48 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (435) 896-5451

  • SE Utah District Health Department Laboratory

    Price, UT · about 51 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (435) 637-3671

All 60 certified labs for Utah

Sources

PWSID UTAH08003. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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