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Holliday Water Company

Salt Lake City, Utah 84117 - drinking water served from surface water sources to 15,000 people, tracked in EPA SDWIS and UCMR5.

15,000
People served
1,132
EPA violations
9
Health-based
No PFAS
UCMR5 result

The verdict

EPA records 1,132 drinking-water violations at Holliday Water Company, 1% of them health-based - above the Utah per-system average.

1,132
Total EPA violations on record
1%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
15,000
People served by this system
0
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Water Quality Snapshot: Holliday Water Company

Holliday Water Company is a private-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 15,000 residents in Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County) through 4,037 service connections. Its water is drawn from surface water sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 1,132 total violations for this system , of which 9 (1%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 1,097 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2021.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Endrin, recorded in 30 violations (MR). This system was sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program and no PFAS compounds were detected above the minimum reporting level.

Across Utah, EPA tracks 1,068 public water systems serving 3,870,776 people, with 169,784 cumulative violations and 10,671 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 159 violations. Statewide, 91 of 129 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (70.5%).

Holliday Water Company's 1,132 violations sit above the Utah average.

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

Population Served
15,000
Total Violations
1,132
Health-Based Violations
9
Water Source
Surface Water

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
4,037
County
Salt Lake
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
3
Monitoring Violations
1,097
Treatment Tech Violations
6

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Endrin MR 30 2008
BHC-GAMMA MR 30 2008
Methoxychlor MR 30 2008
Toxaphene MR 30 2008
2,4-D MR 30 2008
2,4,5-TP MR 30 2008
LASSO MR 30 2008
Atrazine MR 30 2008
Carbofuran MR 30 2008
Chlordane MR 30 2008
Heptachlor MR 30 2008
Heptachlor epoxide MR 30 2008
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) MR 30 2008
Pentachlorophenol MR 30 2008
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 30 2008
Dalapon MR 30 2008
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 30 2008
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 30 2008
Dinoseb MR 30 2008
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 30 2008
OXAMYL MR 30 2008
Picloram MR 30 2008
Simazine MR 30 2008
HEXACHLOROBENZENE MR 30 2008
Xylenes, Total MR 15 2008
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 15 2008
Vinyl chloride MR 15 2008
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 15 2008
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 15 2008
Carbon tetrachloride MR 15 2008

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 464 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
ADONA 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/31/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/31/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 8/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/31/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 8/31/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/31/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/31/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/31/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/31/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/31/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/31/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/31/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 8/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/31/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected

Verify This Water System

The figures above are aggregated from EPA's public databases. To verify the underlying records, or to file a complaint, request a Consumer Confidence Report, or check current monitoring status, go directly to the federal and state regulators that enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act for Holliday Water Company.

Federal Source of Truth

EPA SDWIS, Federal Reports

EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) holds the federal compliance record for every regulated public water system. Open the system-level report by PWS ID:

View PWS ID UTAH18010 on SDWIS

Source: EPA SDWIS Federal Reports Search

State Regulator

Utah Drinking Water Authority

Utah's primacy agency administers the Safe Drinking Water Act locally. Search EPA SDWIS for the current state contact, or use the state's public health or environment department portal.

Find UT regulator via EPA SDWIS

Violation Timeline

Each row links to the EPA SDWIS public record for verification. Cross-reference the contaminant code on EPA's federal report to see violation dates, return-to-compliance status, and enforcement actions.

Year (latest) Contaminant Category Count EPA Record
2021 Consumer Confidence Rule Other 5 SDWIS / UTAH18010 / 7000
2017 Groundwater Rule TT 6 SDWIS / UTAH18010 / 0700
2016 Revised Total Coliform Rule RPT 3 SDWIS / UTAH18010 / 8000
2013 Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 9 SDWIS / UTAH18010 / 2456
2013 TTHM MR 9 SDWIS / UTAH18010 / 2950
2008 Endrin MR 30 SDWIS / UTAH18010 / 2005
2008 BHC-GAMMA MR 30 SDWIS / UTAH18010 / 2010
2008 Methoxychlor MR 30 SDWIS / UTAH18010 / 2015
2008 Toxaphene MR 30 SDWIS / UTAH18010 / 2020
2008 2,4-D MR 30 SDWIS / UTAH18010 / 2105
2008 2,4,5-TP MR 30 SDWIS / UTAH18010 / 2110
2008 LASSO MR 30 SDWIS / UTAH18010 / 2051
2008 Atrazine MR 30 SDWIS / UTAH18010 / 2050
2008 Carbofuran MR 30 SDWIS / UTAH18010 / 2046
2008 Chlordane MR 30 SDWIS / UTAH18010 / 2959

How Holliday Water Company Compares

Cross-reference this system's record against state averages and the federal MCL framework for context.

Metric Holliday Water Company Utah avg Federal benchmark
Total violations 1,132 159 SDWA compliance, any non-zero count is a recorded breach
Health-based violations 9 10 Indicates a contaminant exceeded a federal MCL
PFAS detection None 70.5% EPA final rule (2024): PFOA/PFOS MCL = 4.0 ppt
Population served 15,000 3,624 Sizing context for compliance burden

Sources: EPA SDWIS and EPA National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (40 CFR Part 141). State averages computed across 1,068 regulated public water systems in Utah.

Federal MCL reference, Safe Drinking Water Act thresholds ▼
Contaminant Federal MCL / Action Level Note
Lead 0 mg/L (Action Level: 0.015 mg/L) Lead and Copper Rule treatment technique
Arsenic 0.010 mg/L (10 ppb) Health-based MCL since 2006
Total Coliform Treatment technique (RTCR) Indicator organism, monitoring trigger
PFOA / PFOS (PFAS) 4.0 ppt each (final 2024 rule) Compliance deadline 2029 (EPA proposed extending to 2031, not yet final as of May 2026)
Nitrate (as N) 10 mg/L Acute health risk for infants

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Holliday Water Company water safe to drink? ▼
Holliday Water Company (PWS ID: UTAH18010) has 1132 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. This system serves 15,000 people using Surface Water sources.
How many people does Holliday Water Company serve? ▼
Holliday Water Company serves 15,000 people in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is a Private-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 4,037 service connections.
What type of violations does Holliday Water Company have? ▼
Holliday Water Company has 1,132 total violations: 9 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 1,097 monitoring/reporting violations, and 6 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.
Has PFAS been detected in Holliday Water Company water? ▼
No. Holliday Water Company was tested for PFAS under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program and no PFAS contamination was detected.
What water source does Holliday Water Company use? ▼
Holliday Water Company uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.
Where does this data come from? ▼
All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Data Sources: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), Q4 2025. PFAS data from EPA UCMR5 monitoring program (2023-2025). This data is provided for informational purposes only.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater Editorial

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. This system's figures are rendered directly from EPA SDWIS data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.