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Is Provo, UT tap water safe?

6 utilities serve Provo, 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

4 of the 6 utilities serving Provo have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Utah’s records: Vivian Park Homeowners, Canyon Meadows Mutual Water Company, Springdell Plat A and B and 1 more.

Provo City, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 27 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Provo City is hard to very hard depending on the source, 130 to 299 mg/L (7.6 to 17.5 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 Provo’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 Provo 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 Provo

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 Provo, 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 3 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (801) 852-6796

  • Wasatch County Health Department

    Heber City, UT · about 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (435) 657-3303

  • Jordan Valley Laboratory

    Herriman, UT · about 23 miles

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

    (801) 446-2000

All 60 certified labs for Utah

ZIP codes in Provo

Which ZIP codes are in Provo: 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 Provo

Other towns in Utah County with a page of their own.

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