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Public environmental health records for water, air, land, infrastructure, incidents, and community indicators.
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Drinking water compliance, PFAS records, natural water body health, discharge permits, and water-quality monitoring records for Paradise Valley.
Public water-system records for Paradise Valley, AZ from EPA SDWIS.
Arizona Water Co - Pinal Valley
Active major or public-notice drinking-water issue detected in EPA SDWIS.
Reviewed: active/open records as of Q1 2026
City-area ZIP code · Serves 134,432 people
Epcor - Paradise Valley/Scottsdale
Active monitoring or reporting issue detected in EPA SDWIS.
Reviewed: active/open records as of Q1 2026
Purchased or imported water record · Serves 14,107 people
Arizona Water Co - Apache Junction
Active monitoring or reporting issue detected in EPA SDWIS.
Reviewed: active/open records as of Q1 2026
City-area ZIP code · Serves 62,055 people
Data from EPA SDWIS
PFAS screening separates EPA UCMR5 drinking-water monitoring from nearby DoD PFAS investigation-site records; EPA samples shown are from Aug 2024 to Feb 2025.
Drinking Water PFAS Monitoring
EPA UCMR5 samples public water systems. These results are separate from nearby PFAS cleanup or investigation-site records.
PFAS detections below EPA limits.
Nearby PFAS Investigation Sites
DoD records are nearby site investigations, not Paradise Valley drinking-water detections. Record names come from the source database and can be broad.
No DoD PFAS investigation site records surfaced within the search radius.
No health-relevant impaired water body records surfaced within 10 km in EPA ATTAINS.
Data from EPA ATTAINS
Reviewed: source records as of Q4 2025
Air quality data from EPA monitoring stations, facility emissions inventories, and area-level air-quality designations in this city.
Maricopa County
Reported: Dec 2020
EPA national average is ~30 per million
According to EPA, a cancer risk of 30-in-1-million means that for every 1 million people continuously exposed to these air toxics over a 70-year lifetime, an estimated 30 may develop cancer from that exposure. This is in addition to cancer risk from all other causes.
Top local emission sources
Data from EPA AirToxScreen
This area meets EPA's National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for all criteria pollutants
No nonattainment designations apply to this location.
Blue Point-Sheriff Station-Tonto Nf-Salt River Recreation Area — Blue Point (District), Arizona
Annual mean: 0.1 ppm · EPA standard: 0.07 ppm
Annual standard context: 25 exceedance days recorded in the reporting period
Reported: Mar 2026
Falcon Field — Mesa, Arizona
Annual mean: 0.1 ppm · EPA standard: 0.07 ppm
Annual standard context: 36 exceedance days recorded in the reporting period
Reported: Mar 2026
Fountain Hills
Annual mean: 0.1 ppm · EPA standard: 0.07 ppm
Annual standard context: 26 exceedance days recorded in the reporting period
Reported: Mar 2026
Data from EPA AQS
Reviewed: source records as of Q4 2025
Contaminated sites, waste facilities, cleanup records, and industrial operations in this city.
Reviewed: source query run Sep 2026
Reviewed: source query run Sep 2026
Facilities with hazardous-waste handler records under RCRA in the reviewed 5-mile city-center search area. Active handler status is separate from air, water, or other ECHO compliance violations, which are shown in their own sections.
Active RCRA handler records in the reviewed city search area
No underground storage tank records with active/open release status surfaced within 2 miles.
Data from EPA UST Finder
Maricopa County, AZ
Reported: Mar 2026
Maricopa County is EPA Radon Zone 2 (moderate potential). EPA defines Zone 2 counties as having predicted average indoor screening levels between 2 pCi/L and 4 pCi/L.
Radon levels can vary from home to home, so EPA recommends testing the property to know its indoor level.
Flood-map status, chemical accident risk, nuclear facilities, pipeline incidents, and community health indicators in this city.
Risk Management Program facilities handle extremely hazardous substances (e.g., chlorine, ammonia, propane). EPA requires these facilities to plan for worst-case chemical releases.
No facility records with recent chemical accidents surfaced for this property within the last five years.
Data from EPA ECHO
Reviewed: 2000-present
Health outcomes from County Health Rankings. Values shown alongside state and national averages.
Maricopa County, ArizonaPop. 4,551,524
Reported: Mar 2026
Premature Death
Poor or Fair Health
Poor Physical Health Days
Poor Mental Health Days
Adult Smoking
Adult Obesity
Air Pollution - Particulate Matter
Drinking Water Violations
Diabetes Prevalence
Life Expectancy
| Indicator | County | State | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premature Death | 8,012 | 8,865 | 7,972 |
| Poor or Fair Health | 14.8% | 15.7% | 14.2% |
| Poor Physical Health Days | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| Poor Mental Health Days | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| Adult Smoking | 14.0% | 13.5% | 15.0% |
| Adult Obesity | 30.9% | 31.8% | 34.0% |
| Air Pollution - Particulate Matter | 8.4 | 4.8 | 7.3 |
| Drinking Water Violations | 1 | 1 | N/A |
| Diabetes Prevalence | 9.5% | 9.7% | 9.6% |
| Life Expectancy | 78.2 | 77.5 | 77.6 |