Is Salem City Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Utah

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

184

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-09-01 → 2015-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-09-01 → 2015-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-09-01 → 2015-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2025-12-31

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Copper	183.65 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 294.7 µg/L	64/64	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate	1200 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1229.9 µg/L	52/54	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	8.815 µg/L 59% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 24.9 µg/L	48/64	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0033 mg/L 22% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	22/22	LCR	2027
Barium	68.3 µg/L 3.4% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 69 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2012–2017
Selenium	14.4 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 15.5 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2012–2017
Arsenic	1.27 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 1.3 µg/L	4/5	SYR4	2012–2017
Dibromochloromethane	1.255 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.3 µg/L	4/7	SYR4	2014–2019
Fluoride	197 µg/L 4.9% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 200 µg/L	4/5	SYR4	2012–2017
TTHM	2.83 µg/L 3.5% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 3.1 µg/L	4/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	2.23 pCi/L 15% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 2.3 pCi/L	3/4	SYR4	2015–2019
Gross Beta Particle Activity	2.15 pCi/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.2 pCi/L	3/5	SYR4	2015–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	920 µg/L 9.2% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1000 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2012
Bromodichloromethane	0.6950 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.7000 µg/L	2/7	SYR4	2014–2019
Bromoform	0.8000 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/7	SYR4	2014–2019
Chloroform	0.6000 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/7	SYR4	2014–2019

89 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDibromoacetic AcidDichloroacetic AcidDinosebEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: THOMAS, JAMES BOYD
Phone: 801-420-0343
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Salem City

Is Salem City tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 16 contaminants in Salem City's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Salem City's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Nitrate, Lead, Lead, Barium, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Salem City serve?

Salem City reports serving 9,298 people in Utah, per its EPA record.

Has Salem City had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 184 violations on file for Salem City, of which 3 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.