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Is Sterling, UT tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Sterling, 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 2 utilities serving Sterling has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Utah’s records: Sterling Town Water System.

Sterling Town Water System, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 8.5 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Sterling Town Water System is very hard, 261 mg/L (15.3 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 Sterling’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 Sterling Town Water System’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 Sterling

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

  • Central Utah Public Health Laboratory

    Richfield, UT · about 37 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (435) 896-5451

  • SE Utah District Health Department Laboratory

    Price, UT · about 54 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (435) 637-3671

  • Provo Water Resources Laboratory

    Provo, UT · about 70 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (801) 852-6796

All 60 certified labs for Utah

ZIP codes in Sterling

Which ZIP codes are in Sterling: 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 Sterling

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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