West Jordan, UT tap water
Supplied mostly by West Jordan City Water System, plus 1 other utility. Here's what the water means for your fish.
Disinfectant
Chlorine
Your water is treated with chlorine. It slowly gases off from standing water, and any water conditioner removes it.
Safety for fish and shrimp
Ammonia
0.36 ppm (Low)
Ammonia in the water as delivered. A cycled filter clears it within a day.
Published by your utility: West Jordan City Water System's 2024 water quality report.
Nitrite (NO₂)
Not detected (Low)
Not detected in testing, so any nitrite in your tank comes from the tank itself.
From EPA monitoring data (2012).
Nitrate (NO₃)
1–18 ppm (Low)
Typical 5.9 ppm
Water changes can't take your tank's nitrate below this level.
From West Jordan City Water System's 2024 water quality report; EPA monitoring data (2012–2024).
Copper at home taps (first draw)
0.22 ppm (Worth knowing)
The 90th percentile of first-draw samples from homes: water that sat in household pipes for at least six hours.
Shrimp and snails are sensitive to copper. Water that sits in household pipes picks up the most; it drops once the tap has run for a minute.
Published by your utility: West Jordan City Water System's 2024 water quality report.
Chlorine or chloramine at the tap
0.1–1 ppm
Typical 0.5 ppm
At tap levels, chlorine and chloramine are toxic to fish, shrimp and the bacteria in a filter. Water conditioners are made for this range.
Published by your utility: West Jordan City Water System's 2024 water quality report.
Water chemistry
General hardness
6–381 ppm
Typical 191 ppm
Moderately hard. Great for livebearers, and most community fish adapt.
Published by your utility: West Jordan City Water System's 2024 water quality report.
Carbonate hardness (alkalinity)
14–225 ppm
Typical 110 ppm
Strong buffering. pH stays steady and hard to lower without RO water.
From West Jordan City Water System's 2024 water quality report; Jordan Valley Wcd, which supplies Kearns Improvement District (2014–2024).
pH
7–8.8
Typical 7.6
Most community fish do well here. Stable water matters more than the exact number.
From West Jordan City Water System's 2024 water quality report; EPA monitoring data (2012–2024).
Total dissolved solids
28–1300 ppm
Typical 292 ppm
A rough measure of everything dissolved in the water. RO water reads near 0, so TDS is a quick way to compare waters.
Published by your utility: West Jordan City Water System's 2024 water quality report.
Who supplies West Jordan, UT
- 2024 water quality report
West Jordan City Water System
Serves 90% of residents · Buys water from Jordan Valley Wcd · Chlorine
Kearns Improvement District
Serves 10% of residents · Buys water from Jordan Valley Wcd · Chlorine
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