Metals · 2024

Aluminum in Salt Lake City, UT tap water

Over the federal limit· 284.0× the limit

Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Aluminum at or above the federal limit (0.05 MCL). Measured value is 284.0× the threshold.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
MWDSLS Little Cottonwood
Not detected
Reported level
MWDSLS Point of the Mountain WTP
14.2
Reported level
Big Cottonwood WTP
Not detected
Reported level
City Creek WTP
Not detected
Range
Salt Lake City Wells
0–0.1
Reported level
Parleys WTP
Not detected
Reported level
Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District (JVWCD)
2.8

Verbatim from Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Aluminum

A common element sometimes used as a treatment coagulant.

Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; high levels can discolor water.

How Salt Lake City, UT compares

5 of the 125 systems measuring Aluminum on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Aluminum:

People also ask

+Is there Aluminum in Salt Lake City, UT tap water?

Yes — Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Aluminum at 14.2. Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Aluminum at or above the federal limit (0.05 MCL). Measured value is 284.0× the threshold.

+What's the federal limit for Aluminum in drinking water?

The federal MCL for Aluminum is 0.05 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Aluminum?

A common element sometimes used as a treatment coagulant. Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; high levels can discolor water.

+Which other U.S. cities have Aluminum over the federal limit?

5 of the 125 systems on The Water Map measuring Aluminum report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Inglewood, CA, Catoosa Utility District Authority, TN, Chattanooga, TN.

+Where does this Aluminum measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Aluminum entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Salt Lake City, UT water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/ut/salt-lake-city/2024/source.

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