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Is Lewiston, UT tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Lewiston, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

3 of the 4 utilities serving Lewiston have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Utah’s records: High Creek Water Co, Cove Waterworks and Goaslind Spring W W Co.

Lewiston City, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.3 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Lewiston City is very hard, 216 mg/L (12.6 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 Lewiston’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 Lewiston City’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 Lewiston

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

  • Bear River District Health Department Water Laboratory

    Logan, UT · about 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (435) 792-6578

  • Brigham City Laboratory

    Brigham City, UT · about 32 miles

    Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics

    (435) 226-1443

  • Northrup Grumman Space Systems Environmental Laboratory

    Corinne, UT · about 40 miles

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

    (801) 863-8117

All 60 certified labs for Utah

ZIP codes in Lewiston

Which ZIP codes are in Lewiston: 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 Lewiston

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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