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Is Hoback, WY tap water safe?

Town of Jackson serves Hoback, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Wyoming’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Town of Jackson serves Hoback. In EPA’s and Wyoming’s records it has 1 result above the action level, 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Copper at 1.4 ppm, above the action level.

The water from Town of Jackson is hard to very hard depending on the source, 129 to 291 mg/L (7.5 to 17 grains per gallon). How it compares.

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 Town of Jackson’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Hoback

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 Wyoming certifies.

The 2 labs Wyoming certifies closest to Hoback, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Teton County Water Laboratory

    Jackson, WY · under a mile

    Certified for bacteria

    (307) 732-8463

  • Lincoln Water Quality Lab

    Afton, WY · about 48 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (307) 885-9698

Wyoming Public Health Laboratory: Total coliform and E. coli testing that homeowners can use for their wells. New customers fill out the lab's customer form to open an account. Water Testing, Wyoming Department of Health.

All 12 certified labs for Wyoming

ZIP codes in Hoback

Which ZIP codes are in Hoback: 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: EPA Region 8, certified drinking water laboratories in Wyoming; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

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