Is Saratoga Springs, UT tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Saratoga Springs has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Utah’s records: Saratoga Springs City.
Saratoga Springs 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 33.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Saratoga Springs City is very hard, typically 282 mg/L (16.5 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 Saratoga Springs’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Saratoga Springs City
Utah · serves 68,000 people · about 14,600 in Saratoga Springs
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 33.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: very hard, typically 282 mg/L (16.5 grains per gallon).
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Lehi City
Utah · serves 93,446 people · about 3,900 in Saratoga Springs
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 21.4 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: hard to very hard depending on the source, 126 to 248 mg/L (7.4 to 14.5 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Saratoga Springs City’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic, Lead
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic, Lead
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic, Lead
Water testing near Saratoga Springs
The 3 labs Utah certifies closest to Saratoga Springs, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Jordan Valley Laboratory
Herriman, UT · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts
Chemtech-Ford, Inc.
Sandy, UT · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS, radioactivity
Provo Water Resources Laboratory
Provo, UT · about 17 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Saratoga Springs: 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 Saratoga Springs
Other towns in Utah County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Saratoga Springs City’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water