Arizona Water Co - Pinal Valley

Water Quality Snapshot: Arizona Water Co - Pinal Valley

Arizona Water Co - Pinal Valley is a private-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 134,432 residents in Phoenix, Arizona (Pinal County) through 38,340 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 590 total violations for this system , of which 3 (1%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 577 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2025.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is DICHLOROMETHANE, recorded in 21 violations (MR). Under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program, 6 PFAS compounds were detected in samples collected from this system, with a maximum reported concentration of 91.1 ppt (parts per trillion). PFAS are persistent synthetic chemicals linked to health effects at very low exposure levels.

Across Arizona, EPA tracks 1,493 public water systems serving 7,322,166 people, with 228,944 cumulative violations and 15,663 health-based violations on record. About 98% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 153.3 violations. Statewide, 145 of 152 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (95.4%).

Arizona Water Co - Pinal Valley's 590 violations sit above the Arizona average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.