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Is Kamas, UT tap water safe?

5 utilities serve Kamas, 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

3 of the 5 utilities serving Kamas have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Utah’s records: Marion Waterworks Co, Woodland Mutual Water Co and Deep Springs Water Co.

Kamas City Water System, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Kamas City Water System is very hard, 211 mg/L (12.3 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 Kamas’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 Kamas 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 Kamas

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 Kamas, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Jordanelle Laboratory

    Heber City, UT · about 17 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (435) 333-0475

  • Wasatch County Health Department

    Heber City, UT · about 19 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (435) 657-3303

  • Summit County Health Department Laboratory

    Coalville, UT · about 23 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (435) 336-3234

All 60 certified labs for Utah

ZIP codes in Kamas

Which ZIP codes are in Kamas: 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 Kamas

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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