Inorganic chemicals · 2024

Sulfate in Salt Lake City, UT tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.3× the limit

Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Sulfate measurement is below the federal limit of 1000 (MCL).

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District (JVWCD)
59.4
Reported level
Big Cottonwood WTP
34.2
Range
Salt Lake City Wells
30.5–291
Reported level
City Creek WTP
16.9
Reported level
MWDSLS Little Cottonwood
42.6
Reported level
Parleys WTP
13.3
Reported level
MWDSLS Point of the Mountain WTP
39.8

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

About Sulfate

A naturally occurring mineral from rock and soil.

No health-based federal limit; high levels can have a laxative effect and a bitter taste.

How Salt Lake City, UT compares

3 of the 153 systems measuring Sulfate on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Sulfate:

People also ask

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

Yes — Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Sulfate at 30.5–291. Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Sulfate measurement is below the federal limit of 1000 (MCL).

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

The federal MCL for Sulfate is 1000 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Sulfate?

A naturally occurring mineral from rock and soil. No health-based federal limit; high levels can have a laxative effect and a bitter taste.

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

3 of the 153 systems on The Water Map measuring Sulfate report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Lakewood, CO, Santa Rosa, CA, Ventura, CA.

+Where does this Sulfate measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Sulfate 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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