Is Payson City Water 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

125

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-09-01 → 2014-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-09-01 → 2014-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-09-01 → 2014-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-08-01 → 2011-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-08-01 → 2011-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-08-01 → 2011-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-07-01 → 2007-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-07-01 → 2007-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-07-01 → 2007-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-01-01 → 2007-01-31

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	149.5 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 340.4 µg/L	91/91	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	5.825 µg/L 39% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 18.4 µg/L	76/91	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate	2600 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0020 mg/L 13% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	21/21	LCR	2025
Dibromochloromethane	2.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.8 µg/L	13/18	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	10.695 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 12.4 µg/L	12/13	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	2.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.4 µg/L	11/18	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromoform	1.75 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.8 µg/L	11/18	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	5.19 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.8 µg/L	8/18	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	8.01 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.7 µg/L	3/12	SYR4	2013–2019
Arsenic	1.285 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 1.3 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2019
Barium	169.905 µg/L 8.5% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 172.9 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.495 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.5 µg/L	2/12	SYR4	2013–2019
Fluoride	387.385 µg/L 9.7% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 400 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	4.29 pCi/L 29% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 4.4 pCi/L	2/4	SYR4	2013–2019
Gross Beta Particle Activity	3.78 pCi/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.8 pCi/L	2/3	SYR4	2013–2016
Nitrate-Nitrite	1625 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1700 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2012
Selenium	2.16 µg/L 4.3% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 2.2 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	9.825 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 10.2 µg/L	2/13	SYR4	2013–2019

86 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) PhthalateDinosebEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: PHILLIPS, CAMERON
Phone: 801-404-6536
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Payson City Water

Is Payson City Water tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 19 contaminants in Payson City Water'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 Payson City Water's water?

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

How many people does Payson City Water serve?

Payson City Water reports serving 19,000 people in Utah, per its EPA record.

Has Payson City Water had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 125 violations on file for Payson City Water, of which 19 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.