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Is South Jordan, UT tap water safe?

South Jordan City serves South Jordan, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Utah’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

South Jordan City serves South Jordan. In EPA’s and Utah’s records it has 1 result above the health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Lead at 4.1 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in South Jordan City’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near South Jordan

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 South Jordan, 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 4 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 6 miles

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

    (801) 446-2000

  • Utah Department of Health Division of Lab Services (EPA cert.)

    Taylorsville, UT · about 8 miles

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

    (801) 965-2400

All 60 certified labs for Utah

ZIP codes in South Jordan

Which ZIP codes are in South Jordan: 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 South Jordan

Other towns in Salt Lake County with a page of their own.

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