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Imperial Lakes Inc.

What EPA’s and California’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
40 people
Connections
20
Water source
Surface water
Based in
Alpine, CA
County
Imperial
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

92251

The short answer

Nothing in EPA’s and California’s records for this utility is above a health goal. That covers nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, plus lead and copper, not everything. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What was found

Haloacetic acids (HAA5) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM): California’s own results, samples taken from Aug. 25, 2020 to June 27, 2024.

Below EPA’s limits2

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

56ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024, one sample: 43 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 56 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 43 ppb.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

24ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 24 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Lead

Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 5 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) results here are California’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Imperial Lakes Inc.’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; California’s results run from Aug. 25, 2020 to June 27, 2024.

Testing your own tap

Imperial Lakes Inc.’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab California certifies.

The 3 labs California certifies closest to the area Imperial Lakes Inc. serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Imperial County Public Health Laboratory

    El Centro, CA · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (442) 265-1427

  • Babcock Laboratories, Inc.

    El Centro, CA · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (951) 653-3351

  • Brawley Analytical, Inc.

    Brawley, CA · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics

    (760) 623-1556

All 145 certified labs for California

Sources

PWSID CA1300628. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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