Physical & aggregate · 2024
pH in Salt Lake City, UT tap water
Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows pH at or above the federal limit (6.5 MCL). Measured value is 1.2× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Reported level MWDSLS Little Cottonwood | 7.62 | 6.5 MCL |
Reported level MWDSLS Point of the Mountain WTP | 7.7 | 6.5 MCL |
Range Salt Lake City Wells | 7.1–8.1 | 6.5 MCL |
Reported level City Creek WTP | 7.9 | 6.5 MCL |
Reported level Parleys WTP | 7.7 | 6.5 MCL |
Reported level Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District (JVWCD) | 7.6 | 6.5 MCL |
Reported level Big Cottonwood WTP | 7.8 | 6.5 MCL |
Verbatim from Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About pH
A measure of how acidic or basic the water is.
Regulated only as a secondary standard; very low or high pH can corrode pipes or affect taste.
How Salt Lake City, UT compares
5 of the 123 systems measuring pH on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting pH:
People also ask
+Is there pH in Salt Lake City, UT tap water?
Yes — Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists pH at 7.1–8.1. Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows pH at or above the federal limit (6.5 MCL). Measured value is 1.2× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for pH in drinking water?
The federal MCL for pH is 6.5 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is pH?
A measure of how acidic or basic the water is. Regulated only as a secondary standard; very low or high pH can corrode pipes or affect taste.
+Which other U.S. cities have pH over the federal limit?
5 of the 123 systems on The Water Map measuring pH report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include High Point, NC, Phoenix, AZ, Billings, MT.
+Where does this pH measurement come from?
This page reproduces the pH 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.