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Vernal City Water System

Serves Vernal, Uintah County, UT · 10,000 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Vernal City Water System in the last ten years.

  • UTAH24012
  • VERNAL
  • UT
  • 10,000 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 84078
EPA system ID UTAH24012

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Vernal City Water System buys its water from Central Utah WCD - Ashley Valley.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: criminal case filed by Utah, September 1985.
  • Record on file since 1983, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 3,216 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule
OTHER
 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1983

EPA's records for Vernal City Water System go back to 1983. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 28 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 22
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 6
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began August 2013, Resolved.

Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 16, 2013 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Utah regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Vernal City Water System in 1985. The most recent was a criminal case filed in September 1985.

Date By Action Violations covered
Sep 30, 1985 Utah Criminal case filed 6 violations: BHC-GAMMA, Methoxychlor, Toxaphene, 2,4-D, 2,4,5-TP

Where the water comes from

Vernal City Water System buys its water from Central Utah WCD - Ashley Valley. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other community water system and 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Vernal City Water System.

Buys water from

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Vernal City Water System must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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