Physical & aggregate · 2024

Total Dissolved Solids in Salt Lake City, UT tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 report shows Total Dissolved Solids detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
Big Cottonwood WTP
230 mg/L
Reported level
City Creek WTP
235 mg/L
Reported level
Parleys WTP
328 mg/L
Range
Salt Lake City Wells
244–888 mg/L
Reported level
MWDSLS Little Cottonwood
232 mg/L
Reported level
MWDSLS Point of the Mountain WTP
237 mg/L
Reported level
Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District (JVWCD)
292.4 mg/L

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

About Total Dissolved Solids

Total dissolved solids — the combined content of all dissolved minerals and salts.

Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; high levels affect taste and hardness.

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People also ask

+Is there Total Dissolved Solids in Salt Lake City, UT tap water?

Yes — Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Total Dissolved Solids at 244–888 mg/L. Salt Lake City, UT's 2024 report shows Total Dissolved Solids detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

+What's the federal limit for Total Dissolved Solids in drinking water?

The EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for Total Dissolved Solids. Utilities still report any measured levels in their annual Consumer Confidence Report.

+What is Total Dissolved Solids?

Total dissolved solids — the combined content of all dissolved minerals and salts. Regulated only as a secondary (cosmetic) standard; high levels affect taste and hardness.

+Where does this Total Dissolved Solids measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Total Dissolved Solids 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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