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Is Spanish Fork, UT tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Spanish Fork, 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

1 of the 3 utilities serving Spanish Fork has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Utah’s records: Covered Bridge Canyon HOA.

Spanish Fork City, which serves the most people here, has 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 42.5 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Spanish Fork City is very hard, 407 mg/L (23.8 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 Spanish Fork’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 Spanish Fork 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 Spanish Fork

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 Spanish Fork, 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 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (801) 852-6796

  • Jordan Valley Laboratory

    Herriman, UT · about 28 miles

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

    (801) 446-2000

  • Wasatch County Health Department

    Heber City, UT · about 31 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (435) 657-3303

All 60 certified labs for Utah

ZIP codes in Spanish Fork

Which ZIP codes are in Spanish Fork: 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.

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