PFAS in Utah tap water

3 of 129 tested systems measured above the federal limit. 16 had a detection of any kind.

Every public water system below was required by the EPA to test for 29 PFAS compounds. Sorted by the highest PFOA or PFOS reading, worst first. Find yours for the full set of readings and what removes them.

Water system	Highest PFOA	Highest PFOS	Found	Against the 4 ppt limit
Hildale - Colorado City	none detected	26 ppt	6 of 29	Above
Salt Lake City Water System	none detected	7.1 ppt	4 of 29	Above
Park City Water System	4.8 ppt	6.7 ppt	5 of 29	Above
Murray City Water System	4 ppt	none detected	7 of 29	Within
Alpine City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Alta Town Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
American Fork City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Ashley Valley Water and Sewer Id	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Blanding City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Bluffdale Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Bona Vista Water District	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Bountiful City Water System	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Boyer Hill Military Housing	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Brigham City Water System	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Cedar City Waterworks	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Cedar Hills Town Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Centerville City Water System	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Clearfield City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Clinton City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Corinne City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Delta City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Draper City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Duchesne County Upper Country Wid	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Eagle Mountain City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
East Carbon City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Elk Ridge Town	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Enoch City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Ephraim City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Farmington City Water System	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Fruit Heights City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Gorgoza Mutual Water Co	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Grand Water and Sewer Agency	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Granger-hunter Improvement District	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Grantsville City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Gunlock Special Service District	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Gunnison City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Heber City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Herriman City Municipal Water Department	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Highland City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Hill Air Force Base	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Holliday Water Company	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Hooper Water Improvement District	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Hurricane City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Hyde Park City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Hyrum City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Ivins	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Jordan Valley Wcd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Jordanelle Ssd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Kanab City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Kaysville City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Kearns Improvement District	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
La Verkin City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Lagoon Investment Company	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Layton City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Lehi City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Lindon City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Logan City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Maeser Improvement District	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Magna Water District	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Manti City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Mapleton City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Midvale City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Midway City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Moab City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Morgan City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Mount Pleasant City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Mountain Regional Water Ssd	none detected	none detected	3 of 29	Within
Nephi City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Nibley City Water	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
North Logan City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
North Ogden City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
North Salt Lake City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Ogden City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Orem City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Payson City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Perry City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Pleasant Grove City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Pleasant View Culinary Water	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Price Municipal Corporation	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Price River Wid	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Providence City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Provo City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Richfield City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Riverdale City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Riverton City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Roosevelt City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Roy City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Salem City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Sandy City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Santa Clara City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Santaquin City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Saratoga Springs City, Ut	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Sl County Service Area No 3 - Snowbird	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Smithfield City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
South Davis Water District	none detected	none detected	4 of 29	Within
South Jordan City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
South Ogden City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
South Salt Lake City Water System	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
South Weber Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Spanish Fork City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Springville City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
St George City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Stansbury Park Improvement District	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Summit Water Distribution Company	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Sunset City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Syracuse City Water System	none detected	none detected	2 of 29	Within
Taylor-west Weber Wid	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Taylorsville-bennion Id	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Tooele City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Tremonton City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
University of Utah	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Utah State University	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Va Medical Center Slc	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Vernal City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Vineyard City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Virgin	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Washington City	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Washington County Wcd - Cottam	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Washington Terrace City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Waterpro Inc	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Weber State University - Ogden Campus	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Wellsville City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
West Bountiful City Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
West Haven Ssd	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
West Jordan City Water System	none detected	none detected	3 of 29	Within
West Point City Water System	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
White City Wid	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within
Woods Cross City Water	none detected	none detected	1 of 29	Within
Zion Canyon Water System	none detected	none detected	0 of 29	Within

All 129 systems the EPA tested in Utah, every one of them with its own page. Each was tested for 29 PFAS compounds.

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Source, the EPA’s fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule, final dataset published 2026-10-15. Original data →