DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY WATER SYSTEM's water?

SOUTH 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. Population served: 23,600, over 3,373 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY WATER SYSTEM has 160 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,665th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 64th percentile nationally.

Against the UT average

UT's 145 covered systems average 2.8 health-based violations each; SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY WATER SYSTEM carries 3, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2017-07-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.

The concern categories on record

SOUTH 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:

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 SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover

This is what SOUTH 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 160 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.