Drinking water quality · 2024
· Verified
· PWSID UTAH27086
What's in West Valley City, UT tap water
Every measured contaminant in West Valley City, UT was below its federal limit, but the system carries 1 open health-based violation.
- !1 open health-based violation on the federal record
- !1 contaminant within 20% of a limit
- !22 of 27 core regulated contaminants reported — 5 never appear in this report
- ✓Nothing over a federal limit
+How this score is calculated
Every system starts at 100. Points come off for measured levels, for the federal violation record, and for how much of the core regulated set the utility actually reported. All three inputs are the utility's own published numbers and EPA's own records.
- −0 contaminants at or above a federal limit
- −4 contaminants within 20% of a limit
- −15 open health-based violations
- −6 open monitoring / reporting violations
- −6 health-based violations resolved in the last 5 years
- −0 core regulated contaminants never reported (22/27)
A 90–100 · B 80–89 · C 70–79 · D 60–69 · F below 60. A system reporting under a third of the core set is capped at C however clean its numbers look — a short report is not a clean bill of health.
Full grading methodology, constant for constant →What to worry about
- HAA588% of the federal limit53 ug/L · limit 60 ug/L
Long-term exposure above the federal limit is associated with an increased cancer risk.
higher than 95% of U.S. systems
+75 contaminants were measured and came in below the limitShow all
What this report doesn't tell you
5 of the 27 contaminants a community water system normally reports do not appear anywhere in West Valley City, UT's data. Absent is not the same as absent-from-the-water — it means nobody published a number.
+Full detail: PFAS testing, water source, historical monitoring, and the federal violation record
Where your water comes from · EPA SDWIS
West Valley City, UT's drinking water comes from ground water, drawn from 2 sources.
Source
- WELL · 2
Treatment
Distribution
Compliance history
Federal Safe Drinking Water Act violation & enforcement records (EPA SDWIS). A violation is a regulatory determination by the state or EPA — separate from the measured levels above.
- Treatment technique violationHealth-based7 violations on record · most recent Nov 20231 open
- Maximum contaminant level exceededHealth-based2 violations on record · most recent Aug 2021resolved
- Other1 violation on record · most recent Oct 20251 open
- Monitoring & reporting1 violation on record · most recent Mar 20251 open
Source: EPA SDWIS / ECHO. View the full federal record on EPA ECHO ↗