Utah Tap Water Quality (2026)

Utah Tap Water Quality Report

251 cities analyzed • 2,580,388 people served

Updated September 2026 • Data from EWG & EPA SDWIS

251

Cities Analyzed

7.0

Avg Above Guidelines

2,580,388

Total Population Served

Best Water Quality

Spring City (0 above guidelines)

Most Concerns

Hildale (17 above guidelines)

Most Common Contaminants in Utah

Contaminant	Found In	% of Cities
Nitrate carcinogen	199 of 251	79%
Radium, combined (-226 and -228)	194 of 251	77%
Barium	187 of 251	75%
Fluoride	166 of 251	66%
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) carcinogen	165 of 251	66%
Arsenic carcinogen	164 of 251	65%
Dibromochloromethane carcinogen	154 of 251	61%
Bromodichloromethane carcinogen	145 of 251	58%
Chloroform carcinogen	137 of 251	55%
Selenium	132 of 251	53%

City-by-City Water Quality Rankings

Ranked by number of contaminants above EWG health guidelines (most to fewest).

#	City	Detected	Above Guidelines	Above Legal	People Served
1	Hildale	27	17	0	0
2	Salt Lake City	36	16	0	360,654
3	St George City	28	16	0	105,240
4	Riverton	28	16	0	69,242
5	Eagle Mountain	29	16	0	47,200
6	Hurricane	26	16	0	38,015
7	Bountiful	30	16	0	37,500
8	Magna	28	16	0	32,100
9	West Jordan	31	15	0	113,699
10	South Jordan	26	15	0	87,356
11	Herriman	30	15	0	60,000
12	Kearns	27	15	0	55,119
13	Draper	27	15	0	28,000
14	Ogden	31	15	0	26,500
15	North Salt Lake	25	15	0	18,655
16	Bluffdale	26	15	0	17,014
17	Sandy	23	14	0	99,750
18	Taylorsville	27	14	0	3,000
19	Orem	27	13	0	98,129
20	West Haven	29	13	0	82,000
21	Saratoga Springs	28	13	0	58,000
22	Roy	29	13	0	38,000
23	55 S State Street	28	13	0	33,540
24	Elwood	33	13	0	25,470
25	Payson	21	13	0	19,000
26	Park City	32	13	0	9,500
27	Santa Clara	18	13	0	8,000
28	Oakley	32	13	0	1,251
29	Mayfield	17	13	0	570
30	Murray	33	13	0	350
31	Provo	28	12	0	116,288
32	Brigham City	21	12	0	82,522
33	Lehi	27	12	0	79,978
34	Kaysville	25	12	0	32,976
35	Syracuse	28	12	0	28,500
36	Clinton	28	12	0	23,000
37	Heber City	18	12	0	16,276
38	Woods Cross	26	12	0	5,600
39	Hill Afb	29	12	0	3,300
40	Helper	22	12	0	2,000
41	Rockville	17	12	0	240
42	Echo	16	12	0	70
43	Minersville	15	12	0	0
44	Coalville	23	11	0	23,600
45	Santaquin	16	11	0	16,500
46	Millcreek	16	11	0	5,110
47	Marrion	21	11	0	1,300
48	Fielding	14	11	0	1,133
49	Corinne	12	11	0	740
50	Leamington	12	11	0	250
51	Odgen	21	11	0	56
52	Cottonwood Heights	20	11	0	0
53	Cedar City	19	10	0	37,760
54	Smithfield	14	10	0	10,223
55	Farr West	19	10	0	9,686
56	Washington Terrace	20	10	0	9,260
57	Harrisville	20	10	0	8,945
58	Price	21	10	0	8,867
59	Roosevelt	13	10	0	8,000
60	Fruit Heights	21	10	0	6,200
61	West Point	21	10	0	5,300
62	Morni	18	10	0	1,600
63	Genola	13	10	0	1,600
64	Uintah	20	10	0	1,300
65	Green River	18	10	0	910
66	Springdale	15	10	0	529
67	Midway	10	10	0	388
68	Kanarraville	16	10	0	355
69	Nephi	13	10	0	0
70	Spanish Fork	19	9	0	47,169
71	Tooele	22	9	0	37,100
72	Plain City	14	9	0	28,000
73	North Ogden	17	9	0	22,000
74	Tridell	11	9	0	13,740
75	Farmington	16	9	0	11,500
76	Ivins	11	9	0	10,265
77	Manti	13	9	0	3,429
78	Preston	13	9	0	2,967
79	Toquerville	13	9	0	1,931
80	Wellington	14	9	0	1,676
81	Wendover	9	9	0	1,400
82	Mountain Green	11	9	0	1,200
83	Central Valley	13	9	0	675
84	Neola	12	9	0	490
85	Dutch John	11	9	0	467
86	Pleasant Grove	11	9	0	55
87	Monroe	9	9	0	25
88	Manila	16	9	0	0
89	East Carbon	10	9	0	0
90	Portage	13	9	0	0
91	Vernal	10	8	0	11,000
92	Tremonton	12	8	0	10,100
93	Blanding	11	8	0	3,760
94	Morgan	12	8	0	3,465
95	Castledale	14	8	0	2,129
96	Fairview	12	8	0	2,092
97	Kanab	11	8	0	900
98	Virgin	9	8	0	750
99	New Harmony	11	8	0	660
100	Stockton	17	8	0	620
101	Trenton	13	8	0	490
102	Junction	10	8	0	215
103	Plymouth	11	8	0	0
104	La Verkin	12	8	0	0
105	Montua	11	8	0	0
106	Franklin	11	8	0	0
107	Panguitch City	10	8	0	0
108	Ephraim	15	8	0	0
109	Escalante	10	8	0	0
110	Alpine	9	7	0	14,492
111	Providence	11	7	0	8,830
112	Richfield	13	7	0	8,360
113	Alta	11	7	0	3,883
114	Mount Pleasant	11	7	0	3,660
115	Monticello	11	7	0	2,325
116	Kamas	10	7	0	2,200
117	Salina	11	7	0	2,100
118	Lake Point	13	7	0	2,020
119	Jensen	8	7	0	1,375
120	Myton	7	7	0	1,075
121	Altamont	7	7	0	1,005
122	Meadow	12	7	0	320
123	Pleasant View	7	7	0	120
124	Bicknell	9	7	0	45
125	Ovid	8	7	0	0
126	Logan	14	6	0	55,540
127	Fillmore	7	6	0	2,725
128	Lewiston	7	6	0	2,078
129	Honeyville	10	6	0	1,500
130	Erda	9	6	0	950
131	Rocky Ridge	10	6	0	875
132	Oak City	9	6	0	650
133	Holden	11	6	0	475
134	Wales	9	6	0	300
135	Alton	7	6	0	136
136	Cove	8	6	0	120
137	Garden City	7	6	0	55
138	Newton	10	6	0	0
139	Mendon	12	6	0	0
140	Mona	10	6	0	0
141	Sigurd	11	6	0	0
142	Aurora	10	6	0	0
143	Springville	15	5	0	30,000
144	Wellsville	8	5	0	10,200
145	Garland	5	5	0	2,400
146	River Heights	7	5	0	2,195
147	Duchesne	5	5	0	2,000
148	Goshen	9	5	0	925
149	Kanosh	7	5	0	495
150	Vernon	8	5	0	302
151	Randlett	5	5	0	300
152	Peoa	6	5	0	141
153	Sterling	9	5	0	51
154	Brian Head	7	5	0	41
155	Paragonah	8	5	0	0
156	Grouse Creek	8	5	0	0
157	Levan	11	5	0	0
158	Boulder	11	5	0	0
159	Croydon	9	5	0	0
160	Stansbury Park	9	4	0	9,839
161	Perry	9	4	0	4,900
162	Woodland Hills	7	4	0	1,480
163	St George	7	4	0	1,340
164	Torrey	5	4	0	1,070
165	Paradise	7	4	0	920
166	Daniel	8	4	0	499
167	Loa	5	4	0	490
168	Apple Valley	7	4	0	450
169	Cedar Valley	6	4	0	400
170	Huntsville	5	4	0	237
171	Woodland	8	4	0	198
172	Kingston	8	4	0	180
173	Elsinore	7	4	0	155
174	Fairfield	9	4	0	120
175	Joseph	8	4	0	100
176	Hatch	8	4	0	56
177	Beryl	7	4	0	51
178	Beaver	8	4	0	35
179	Antimony	7	4	0	29
180	Lyman	4	4	0	0
181	Bryce	5	4	0	0
182	Fountain Green	5	4	0	0
183	Scipio	7	4	0	0
184	Fayette	7	4	0	0
185	Centerfield	7	4	1	0
186	Newcastle	8	4	0	0
187	Greenwich	5	4	0	0
188	Moab	6	3	0	9,000
189	Eden	7	3	0	1,750
190	Francis	7	3	0	1,565
191	Milford	6	3	0	1,435
192	Henefer	6	3	0	882
193	South Rim	6	3	0	834
194	Eureka	7	3	0	760
195	Delta	6	3	1	675
196	Lincoln	8	3	0	660
197	City	6	3	0	522
198	Amalga	5	3	0	495
199	Koosharem	6	3	0	400
200	Snowville	6	3	0	340
201	Parowan	6	3	0	314
202	Enterprise	6	3	0	210
203	Teasdale	6	3	0	180
204	Elberta	5	3	0	141
205	Lynndyl	4	3	0	130
206	Brookside	6	3	0	100
207	Elk Ridge	6	3	0	95
208	Woodruff	7	3	0	80
209	Wanship	7	3	0	60
210	Central	7	3	0	35
211	Circleville	3	3	0	0
212	Millville	7	3	0	0
213	Wallsburg	6	3	0	0
214	Benson	5	3	0	0
215	Clarkston	5	3	0	0
216	Montpelier	3	3	0	0
217	Cornish	6	3	0	0
218	Gunlock	6	3	0	0
219	Eskdale	5	3	0	0
220	Mapleton	5	2	0	12,414
221	Richmond	4	2	0	2,036
222	Willard	2	2	0	1,500
223	Orderville	2	2	0	805
224	Lake Powell	2	2	0	690
225	Veyo	5	2	0	500
226	Big Water	2	2	0	480
227	Glenwood	2	2	0	450
228	Bluff	4	2	0	430
229	Tabiona	2	2	0	380
230	Summit	5	2	0	220
231	Liberty	2	2	0	39
232	South Weber	5	2	0	0
233	Hanksville	4	2	0	0
234	Axtell	2	2	0	0
235	Laketown	2	2	0	0
236	Fruitland	4	2	0	0
237	Howell	5	2	0	0
238	Dammeron Valley	7	2	0	0
239	Cannonville	6	2	0	0
240	Randolph	6	2	0	0
241	Gunnison	6	1	0	3,490
242	Bear River	5	1	0	880
243	Leeds	2	1	0	800
244	Tropic	4	1	0	700
245	Marysvale	5	1	0	380
246	Mt Pleasant	4	1	0	93
247	Glendale	3	1	0	47
248	Huntington	3	1	0	42
249	Talmage	5	1	0	0
250	Spring City	2	0	0	950
251	Deweyville	11	0	0	100

Recommended Filtration for Utah

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Utah tap water safe to drink?

Water quality varies significantly across Utah. Of the 251 cities analyzed, the average city has 7.0 contaminants above EWG health guidelines. The best water quality was found in Spring City. We recommend checking your specific city's report for detailed information.

What city has the best water in Utah?

Based on our analysis, Spring City has the fewest contaminants above EWG health guidelines in Utah, with 0 above guideline levels.

What city has the worst water in Utah?

Based on our analysis, Hildale has the most contaminants above EWG health guidelines in Utah, with 17 above guideline levels.

What's the best water filter for Utah residents?

For most Utah households, we recommend a reverse osmosis (RO) system for drinking water and a whole-home filter for showers and baths. The specific recommendation depends on your city's contaminant profile — check your city's report for personalized guidance.

National Water Quality Reports

Data sources: Environmental Working Group (EWG) Tap Water Database, U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS)

Last updated: September 2026

Methodology: Contaminant levels are compared against both EPA legal limits (Maximum Contaminant Levels) and EWG health guidelines, which are often stricter and based on the latest scientific research.

Utah Water Quality Report (2026)