Is Provo City Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
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

129

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31

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	188 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 274 µg/L	151/153	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	20.61 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 30.1 µg/L	130/140	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	9.1 µg/L 61% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 23.2 µg/L	121/153	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	4.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.4 µg/L	112/126	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	2.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.8 µg/L	112/125	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	8.91 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 15.4 µg/L	107/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	1335.51 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1710.9 µg/L	74/80	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	13.675 µg/L 23% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 17.7 µg/L	46/140	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	1.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.7 µg/L	43/127	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	3.36 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.6 µg/L	40/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	6.045 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.5 µg/L	38/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0043 mg/L 29% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	23/23	LCR	2025
Barium	90.85 µg/L 4.5% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 101 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2015–2019
Selenium	3.065 µg/L 6.1% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 3.8 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2015–2019
Fluoride	300 µg/L 7.5% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	6/8	SYR4	2015–2019
Arsenic	1.08 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 1.1 µg/L	5/8	SYR4	2015–2019
Gross Beta Particle Activity	3.68 pCi/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.8 pCi/L	4/7	SYR4	2015–2019
Lithium	27 µg/L No EPA limit set	4/8	UCMR-5	2023
Cyanide	7.7 µg/L 3.9% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L worst single sample: 8 µg/L	3/8	SYR4	2015–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	2.41 pCi/L 16% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 2.5 pCi/L	3/6	SYR4	2015–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.2 µg/L No EPA limit set	2/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	300 µg/L 3% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2016

83 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, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: YORK, RYAN W
Phone: 801-852-6782
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Provo City

Is Provo City tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 22 contaminants in Provo 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 Provo City's water?

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

How many people does Provo City serve?

Provo City reports serving 116,288 people in Utah, per its EPA record.

Has Provo City had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 129 violations on file for Provo City, of which 0 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.