What's in SALT LAKE CITY WATER SYSTEM's water?
SALT LAKE CITY WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 383,612 people get their water from it, across 94,977 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SALT LAKE CITY WATER SYSTEM ranks 7,393th by violation burden (43th percentile) - 58 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the UT average
UT's 145 covered systems average 2.8 health-based violations each; SALT LAKE CITY WATER SYSTEM carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
SALT LAKE CITY WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2018-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2017-09-09. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
The concern categories on record
SALT LAKE CITY WATER SYSTEM's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Groundwater Rule
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What SALT LAKE CITY WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
This is what SALT LAKE CITY WATER SYSTEM reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and SALT LAKE CITY WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,393th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.