- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 10.
- Lithium: found in 41 of 52 samples, average 23.9 µg/L, highest 57.2 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–May 2024)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 33 of 52 samples, average 11.1 ppt, highest 54.8 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–May 2024)
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 23 of 52 samples, average 8.4 ppt, highest 40.9 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–May 2024) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 21 of 52 samples, average 7.7 ppt, highest 42.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–May 2024) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 28 of 52 samples, average 6.9 ppt, highest 48.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–May 2024)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 25 of 52 samples, average 5.6 ppt, highest 33.4 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–May 2024)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 21 of 52 samples, average 5.4 ppt, highest 32 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–May 2024)
- PFHxS (a PFAS): found in 25 of 52 samples, average 4.9 ppt, highest 22.7 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–May 2024)
- PFHpA (a PFAS): found in 20 of 52 samples, average 2.3 ppt, highest 13.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–May 2024)
- PFDA (a PFAS): found in 5 of 52 samples, average 0.30 ppt, highest 3.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–May 2024)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 3.5 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Payson tap water? What EPA records show
EPA AZ0404032 · serves Payson, AZ · about 17,682 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Payson Town of (EPA AZ0404032)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Payson's main utility, Payson Town of: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (AZ0404032) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Payson Town of, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (AZ0404032) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Payson Town of (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 3.5 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 10.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
Your water bill names your utility.
Does Payson Town of use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Payson Town of's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.