Ogden, Utah
Ogden Water Quality
Wells, Pineview Reservoir and Weber Basin water share one report. The 2025 numbers keep lead low and list the city's service lines as nonlead.
Wells + Pineview + Weber Basin · lead 90th pct 1.9 ppb · copper 0.31 ppm · TTHM 50.1 ppb · nonlead inventory.
The short answer
Ogden's drinking water is a mix of city wells, Pineview Reservoir and Wheeler Creek surface water, and treated water from Weber Basin. The 2025 report lists lead at 1.9 ppb at the 90th percentile and classifies the city's service-line inventory as nonlead.
Disinfection byproducts stayed under federal limits: TTHMs 50.1 ppb and HAA5 23.5 ppb, with no regulated violation marked in the tables shown.
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What filtration does — and does not
Hardness, taste from disinfection byproducts and home plumbing metals are the usual reasons Ogden homeowners add treatment.
Where Ogden water comes from
Sources named in Ogden City's 2025 Water Quality Report.
Wells, reservoirs and purchased water
Ogden City describes a mix of groundwater wells, surface water from Pineview Reservoir and Wheeler Creek, and treated water purchased from Weber Basin Water Conservancy District.
Weber River watershed
The report ties Ogden's supply to the Weber River system and to Weber Basin as a wholesale partner when city sources are supplemented.
No lead service lines on the inventory
Ogden's water service line inventory is classified as nonlead: no lead or galvanized-requiring-replacement lines downstream of lead pipe.
What the 2025 data actually says
Limits are fixed. Results are system figures from the City's tables, not a reading at your tap.
Lead: 1.9 ppb at the 90th percentile
In 2025, lead's 90th percentile was 1.9 ppb against a 15 ppb action level. One of 31 sites was above the action level; results ranged from not detected to 27.9 ppb.
Copper: 0.31 ppm
Copper's 90th percentile was 0.31 ppm against a 1.3 ppm action level, with 0 of 31 sites above it.
TTHMs 50.1 ppb, HAA5 23.5 ppb
Ogden City's detected total trihalomethanes were 50.1 ppb (range 7.81–50.1) against an 80 ppb MCL, and haloacetic acids 23.5 ppb (2.14–23.5) against 60 ppb. No violation.
Nitrate 1.06 ppm
Nitrate was 1.06 ppm (ND–1.06) against a 10 ppm MCL. Weber Basin's corresponding nitrate figure in the same table was 1.79 ppm.
TDS and sulfate
Secondary standards: total dissolved solids up to 380 ppm (SMCL 500) and sulfate up to 27.1 ppm (SMCL 250) for the Ogden City system column.
No regulated violations listed
The 2025 regulated and secondary tables mark Violation as No for the substances shown, including lead, copper, TTHMs, HAA5 and nitrate.
Ogden next to Salt Lake City and Provo
Salt Lake City blends Wasatch canyon streams with summer wells and reports hardness that varies sharply by source.
Provo runs on springs and deep wells plus regional plant water, with typical hardness of 10–15 grains per gallon.
Where these figures come from
Everything on this page traces to Ogden City's 2025 Water Quality Report (PWS ID UTAH29011).
Matching treatment to the finding
Hardness, disinfection byproducts and household plumbing are the usual reasons Ogden homeowners add treatment.
Hardness and scale at the tap
A mixed mountain and well supply can still leave hardness that shows up as scale. A tap test shows whether softening is worth it at your house.
Point-of-use filters for taste
Carbon at the kitchen tap can improve taste and odor from disinfection byproducts even when system averages stay under the MCL.
Lead is usually a plumbing question here
With a nonlead service-line inventory, elevated lead is more often from home plumbing fixtures than from the city's service line.
Ask before whole-house treatment
Whole-house systems change pressure and waste water. Match the equipment to a measured problem, not to a citywide average.
How the free test works
A licensed technician tests at your kitchen tap, walks the plumbing, and tells you which of the findings above applies to your house and which does not. There is no charge and no obligation.
Seamless Home is the licensed contractor of record on the work that follows. Installation is performed by vetted installing partners engaged as our subcontractors, and the workmanship obligation stays with us. Coverage is confirmed per service area rather than promised as blanket availability.
What a water treatment job with us covers
Installation and replacement of whole-home and point-of-use treatment, specified against what your water actually contains.
Sediment filtration
Installation of the first stage that protects everything downstream of it, sized to the service line and the household draw.
Softening
Installation of ion-exchange softening where hardness is the problem, including the drain connection the plumbing code treats as indirect waste.
Carbon filtration
Installation of carbon stages for taste, odour and disinfection by-products, specified from your utility's own water quality report.
Reverse osmosis
Point-of-use installation at the kitchen sink where the target is dissolved solids rather than whole-home flow.
Disinfection
Installation of UV or equivalent treatment where the supply is a private well or is otherwise not continuously disinfected.
System replacement
Replacing equipment that has reached the end of its service life, including the discharge and air gap details an inspector looks at.
This is installation and replacement work, specified from a published water quality report or a test of your supply — not from a sales chart. Coverage is confirmed per service area rather than promised as blanket availability.
What the work actually looks like
Treatment equipment is plumbing. Most of the job is the connection, the drain and the code detail behind it.
Ogden water, answered plainly
Where does Ogden get its water?+
From a mix of city groundwater wells, surface water drawn from Pineview Reservoir and Wheeler Creek, and treated water purchased from Weber Basin Water Conservancy District.
What were Ogden's 2025 lead results?+
The 90th percentile was 1.9 ppb against the 15 ppb action level. One of 31 sampled sites was above the action level; the range was not detected to 27.9 ppb.
Are there lead service lines in Ogden?+
The report states that Ogden City's water service line inventory has been classified as nonlead, meaning no lead or galvanized service lines downstream of lead pipe.
What about disinfection byproducts?+
Ogden City reported TTHMs at 50.1 ppb and HAA5 at 23.5 ppb in 2025, both under their MCLs, with no violation.
Where do these figures come from?+
From Ogden City's 2025 Water Quality Report (PWS ID UTAH29011). Third-party aggregators are not used.
Related resources
Home water purification and treatment
The national service page behind this one.
Learn more →Salt Lake City water quality
Canyon streams, summer wells and hardness by source.
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Springs and deep wells, typically 10 to 15 grains per gallon.
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