Inorganic chemicals · 2024
Cyanide in Salt Lake City, UT tap water
Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Cyanide measurement is below the federal limit of 200 (MCL).
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Reported level Parleys WTP | Not detected | 200 MCL |
Reported level Big Cottonwood WTP | Not detected | 200 MCL |
Range Salt Lake City Wells | 0–6 | 200 MCL |
Reported level City Creek WTP | Not detected | 200 MCL |
Reported level Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District (JVWCD) | 0.9 | 200 MCL |
Reported level MWDSLS Point of the Mountain WTP | Not detected | 200 MCL |
Reported level MWDSLS Little Cottonwood | Not detected | 200 MCL |
Verbatim from Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
How Salt Lake City, UT compares
2 of the 50 systems measuring Cyanide on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Cyanide:
People also ask
+Is there Cyanide in Salt Lake City, UT tap water?
Yes — Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Cyanide at 0–6. Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Cyanide measurement is below the federal limit of 200 (MCL).
+What's the federal limit for Cyanide in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Cyanide is 200 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+Which other U.S. cities have Cyanide over the federal limit?
2 of the 50 systems on The Water Map measuring Cyanide report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Mcallen, TX, Odessa, TX.
+Where does this Cyanide measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Cyanide 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.