- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 2.
- Lithium: found in 11 of 12 samples, average 14.8 µg/L, highest 26 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–Jan 2025)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 12 samples, average 1.5 ppt, highest 13 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–Jan 2025)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 1.1 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, 2023–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
South Salt Lake, UT tap water: what EPA records show
EPA UTAH18032 · serves Salt Lake County, UT · about 23,600 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
South Salt Lake City Water System (EPA UTAH18032)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For South Salt Lake's main utility, South Salt Lake City Water System: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (UTAH18032) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for South Salt Lake City Water System, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (UTAH18032) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for South Salt Lake City Water System (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 1.1 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, 2023–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.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 2.
PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does South Salt Lake City Water System use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in South Salt Lake City Water System's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.