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Is Scottsdale Tap Water Safe To Drink?

Yes! Generally Safe to Drink*

LAST UPDATED: 12:53 pm, April 8, 2021
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Can You Drink Tap Water in Scottsdale?

Yes, tap water is drinkable.

Tap Safe includes data from many publicly available sources, including the WHO (World Health Organization), CDC (Center for Disease Control), and user submitted databases, but unfortunately there's not enough data about Scottsdale.

To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for Australia, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.

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The tap water in Scottsdale Arizona is the latest cause of controversy. There have been many reports over the years on the poor quality of this water, but what are you really to think? It sounds like a no brainer that a major city should have clean and purified water, however it''s just a case of public education. If you want to find out whether or not the water is safe or whether you need to make some changes, you may want to visit your local water treatment facility.

What exactly do you need to know about tap water in Scottsdale Australia? The first thing that you need to do is to know that there is a difference between bottled and tap water. If you are in a position where you are constantly drinking bottled water then this may not be a problem, however if you are only drinking bottled water occasionally then you will need to know more about the difference between the two.

First of all, the bottled water industry is not regulated and has been in the

The estimated price of bottled water

$2 in USD (1.5-liter)

USER SUBMITTED RATINGS

Scottsdale tap water
  • Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility 33% Low
  • Water Pollution 28% Low
  • Drinking Water Quality and Accessibility 68% High
  • Water Quality 73% High

The above data is comprised of subjective, user submitted opinions about the water quality and pollution in Scottsdale, measured on a scale from 0% (lowest) to 100% (highest).

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Contaminants


City of Scottsdale

EWG's drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the Environmental Working Group by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, as well as information from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History database (ECHO). For the latest quarter assessed by the U.S. EPA (January 2019 - March 2019), tap water provided by this water utility was in compliance with federal health-based drinking water standards.

Utility details

  • Serves: 230000
  • Data available: 2012-2017
  • Data Source: Surface water
  • Total: 17

Contaminants That Exceed Guidelines

  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (hexavalent)
  • Nitrate
  • Nitrate and nitrite
  • Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
  • Uranium

Other Detected Contaminants

  • 1%2C4-Dioxane
  • Barium
  • Chlorate
  • Chromium (total)
  • Fluoride
  • Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
  • Molybdenum
  • Radium%2C combined (-226 & -228)
  • Selenium
  • Strontium
  • Vanadium

Reminder

Always take extra precautions, the water may be safe to drink when it leaves the sewage treatment plant but it may pick up pollutants during its way to your tap. We advise that you ask locals or hotel staff about the water quality. Also, note that different cities have different water mineral contents.

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