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Is Palominas, AZ tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Palominas, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Palominas has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.

Bella Vista Water South, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 24 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Palominas’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Palominas

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Arizona certifies.

The 3 labs Arizona certifies closest to Palominas, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Turner Laboratories, Inc.

    Tucson, AZ · about 69 miles

    (520) 882-5880

  • Complete Analytical Services, LLC

    Tucson, AZ · about 69 miles

    (520) 884-5811

  • Legend Technical Services of Arizona, Inc. DBA Legend Analytical

    Tucson, AZ · about 69 miles

    (520) 327-1234

All 49 certified labs for Arizona

ZIP codes in Palominas

Which ZIP codes are in Palominas: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona certified commercial drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

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