Metals · 2024
Arsenic in Salt Lake City, UT tap water
Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Arsenic and reported no detectable amount.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Reported level Big Cottonwood WTP | Not detected mg/L | 0.01 mg/L MCL |
Reported level City Creek WTP | Not detected mg/L | 0.01 mg/L MCL |
Reported level Parleys WTP | Not detected mg/L | 0.01 mg/L MCL |
Reported level MWDSLS Little Cottonwood | Not detected mg/L | 0.01 mg/L MCL |
Reported level MWDSLS Point of the Mountain WTP | Not detected mg/L | 0.01 mg/L MCL |
Verbatim from Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Arsenic
A naturally occurring element that also enters water from industry and agriculture.
A known human carcinogen; long-term exposure is linked to skin, bladder, and lung cancer.
How Salt Lake City, UT compares
1 of the 4 UT systems measuring Arsenic on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Arsenic:
People also ask
+Is there Arsenic in Salt Lake City, UT tap water?
Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Arsenic and found no detectable amount.
+What's the federal limit for Arsenic in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Arsenic is 0.01 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Arsenic?
A naturally occurring element that also enters water from industry and agriculture. A known human carcinogen; long-term exposure is linked to skin, bladder, and lung cancer.
+Which other U.S. cities have Arsenic over the federal limit?
1 of the 4 UT systems on The Water Map measuring Arsenic report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include St George, UT.
+Where does this Arsenic measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Arsenic 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.