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Rubys Inn

At a glance

Rubys Inn (PWSID UTAH09012) is an active community water system in Garfield County, Utah. It reports serving 700 people through 60 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2018.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

700

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDUTAH09012

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served700

Service connections60

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyUT state drinking water program

City served—

StateUtah

ZIP—

CountyGarfield County

How does Rubys Inn compare with other water systems in Garfield County?

By EPA's size categories, Rubys Inn is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Garfield County has 50 active public water systems, and Rubys Inn is the 3rd-largest of them by population served. Its population served is about 3.7 times the county average of 190 people per system, and accounts for 7.4% of the 9,493 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Utah, the 1,133 active systems average 3,458 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Rubys Inn is well below that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Utah has 540 active community water systems, 48% of the state's 1,133 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 898 Utah systems (79%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Rubys Inn?

EPA lists Rubys Inn as privately owned. The UT state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 25 of the 50 active systems in Garfield County (50%) are also privately owned.

Does Rubys Inn have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2018. The violations listed here began between January 2018 and October 2018. By type: 12 monitoring and reporting. The contaminants or rules involved are Radium-226, Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium), Hexachlorobenzene and Chlordane. EPA lists 12 as resolved. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2018-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Radium-226code 4020	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Hexachlorobenzenecode 2274	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Chlordanecode 2959	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	2,4,5-TP (Silvex)code 2110	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Heptachlorcode 2065	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), totalcode 2383	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Heptachlor epoxidecode 2067	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Benzo(a)pyrenecode 2306	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Alachlor (Lasso)code 2051	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	2,4-Dcode 2105	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Radium-228code 4030	No	Resolved

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Rubys Inn: frequently asked questions

Who runs Rubys Inn?

Rubys Inn (PWSID UTAH09012) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the UT state drinking water program.

How many people does Rubys Inn serve?

Rubys Inn reports serving 700 people through 60 service connections in Garfield County, Utah.

Where does Rubys Inn get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Rubys Inn have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2018. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Rubys Inn's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2018. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the UT state drinking water program.

Where can I find Rubys Inn's water quality report?

As a community water system, Rubys Inn must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Garfield County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Panguitch City Water System	Garfield	1,800	Community	Groundwater
Escalante Town Water System	Garfield	800	Community	Groundwater
Tropic Town Water System	Garfield	586	Community	Groundwater
Posy Lake Campground	Garfield	352	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Bryce Canyon National Park	Garfield	351	Community	Groundwater
Panguitch Lake Campground	Garfield	335	Transient non-community	Groundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Rubys Inn, PWSID UTAH09012, Utah”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/utah/rubys-inn-utah09012 (data as of October 1, 2026).