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Is Alta, UT tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Alta, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Utah’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

1 of the 3 utilities serving Alta has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Utah’s records: Sandy City Water System.

Sandy City Water System, which serves the most people here, has 3 results above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 26.6 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Sandy City Water System is hard to very hard depending on the source, 133 to 181 mg/L (7.8 to 10.6 grains per gallon). How Utah’s water compares.

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 Alta’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Sandy City Water System’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Alta

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 Utah certifies.

The 3 labs Utah certifies closest to Alta, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Chemtech-Ford, Inc.

    Sandy, UT · about 10 miles

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

    (801) 262-7299

  • Jordan Valley Laboratory

    Herriman, UT · about 14 miles

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

    (801) 446-2000

  • Central Valley Water Relamation Facility

    South Salt Lake, UT · about 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (801) 973-9100

All 60 certified labs for Utah

ZIP codes in Alta

Which ZIP codes are in Alta: 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: Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Drinking Water, certified laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Alta

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