Metals · 2024

Copper in Salt Lake City, UT tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.2× the limit

Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Copper measurement is below the federal limit of 1300 (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
Salt Lake City Wells
0–6
Reported level
City Creek WTP
13
Reported level
Big Cottonwood WTP
Not detected
Reported level
Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District (JVWCD)
1.3
Reported level
Number Of Sampling Sites Exceeding The Action Level Before Flushing
1
Reported level
MWDSLS Little Cottonwood
Not detected
Reported level
Parleys WTP
Not detected
90th percentile
At the tap
56
90th percentile
At the tap
293
Reported level
Number Of Sampling Sites Exceeding The Action Level After Flushing
1

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

About Copper

A metal that enters water from corroding household plumbing.

Short-term exposure causes stomach distress; long-term exposure can damage the liver and kidneys.

How Salt Lake City, UT compares

5 of the 392 systems measuring Copper on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Copper:

People also ask

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

Yes — Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Copper at 293. Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Copper measurement is below the federal limit of 1300 (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Copper is 1300 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Copper?

A metal that enters water from corroding household plumbing. Short-term exposure causes stomach distress; long-term exposure can damage the liver and kidneys.

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

5 of the 392 systems on The Water Map measuring Copper report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Town of Denton, MD, Oxnard, CA, High Point, NC.

+Where does this Copper measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Copper 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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