Public Water System

PAYSON WATER - EAST VERDE ESTATES

PWSID AZ0404026 · Arizona · 375 people served

Failing

PAYSON WATER - EAST VERDE ESTATES is an EPA-regulated public water system in Arizona (PWSID AZ0404026). It serves an estimated 375 residents — a rural community of customers — across 1 community across 1 ZIP code.

Over the past five years, PAYSON WATER - EAST VERDE ESTATES has recorded 50 EPA health-based violations. The grade of F summarizes this compliance pattern. Specific contaminants, dates, and rule citations are listed in the violation history below.

Service Area

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Centered on the averaged ZIP-code centroid of 1 ZIP served.

Population

375

Cities

ZIPs

Violations

EPA Health-Based Violations

Health-based Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) violations on file for PAYSON WATER - EAST VERDE ESTATES over the past five years of EPA SDWIS reporting.

Nitratechemical

EPA Code 1040 · Maximum Contaminant Level Exceedance

violations

EPA Limit

10 mg/L

Last Reading

11 MG/L

First Reported

Jul 2023

Most Recent

Jan 2025

What this violation means

Nitrate contamination is most acute in agricultural regions where fertilizer and animal waste leach into groundwater. The immediate risk is to formula-fed infants under 6 months — high nitrate levels prevent their blood from carrying oxygen, causing 'blue baby syndrome.' Pregnant women should also avoid high-nitrate water.

Recommended precautions

→Never give untreated high-nitrate water to infants — use bottled water for formula.
→Boiling does NOT remove nitrate. Boiling concentrates it.
→Reverse osmosis, ion exchange, or distillation are the only effective home treatments.
→Private well owners in farming areas should test annually for nitrate.

Read the complete guide to Nitrate

Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). Health-based violations only. Older violations may have been resolved; check your utility's most recent Consumer Confidence Report for current status.

Cities Served by PAYSON WATER - EAST VERDE ESTATES

PAYSON

ZIP Codes Served

85541

About this system

EPA records this system as PWSID AZ0404026. Data reflects the most recent EPA SDWIS publication as of 2026-05-18. Public Water System Identifiers (PWSIDs) are assigned by the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Act program to track every regulated water utility in the United States. The first two letters typically indicate the state primacy agency. For real-time water quality information, contact PAYSON WATER - EAST VERDE ESTATES directly or review their annual Consumer Confidence Report (CCR).