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Sky Forest MWC

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
492 people
Connections
159
Water source
Surface water bought from another system
Based in
Sky Forest, CA
County
San Bernardino
Owner
Private
Hardness
Varies by source
The 2 ZIP codes it serves

92321, 92385

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Uranium, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Uranium, nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), arsenic, chromium (total) and fluoride: California’s own results, samples taken from June 11, 2020 to Dec. 29, 2025, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal1

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

15.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2023

Averaged by year, the highest was 15.6 ppb, in 2023: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 26.8 ppb. That is the only year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 37.3 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits2

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

6.1ppm

Highest sample; found in 18 of 22

2025 average: 3.0 ppm

The highest sample, in 2025, was 6.1 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That was also the latest year on file, and its two samples averaged 3.0 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 6.6 ppm, in 2016.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

3.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2023

Averaged by year, the highest was 3.5 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 7.0 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”
4 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)
  • Fluoride
  • Lead

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

At the tap, or for the whole house?

These come with the water itself, so a whole-house system certified for the same claims treats every tap and shower. A filter at the tap treats drinking water for much less. How whole-house systems compare.

Filters with those claims on a certifier’s listing

None of the filters TapBuff has checked so far carry these claims. Search the certifier listings for the claim above.

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Hardness

Moderately hard to hard depending on the source, 115 to 130 mg/L (6.7 to 7.6 grains per gallon), across 2 sampling points, 2020 to 2023.

Hardness is calcium and magnesium. EPA sets no limit for it: it shows up as scale on fixtures and in water heaters, and as soap that won’t lather. USGS calls water above 60 mg/L moderately hard, above 120 hard and above 180 very hard.

Softeners compared, salt includedSoftener or salt-free conditioner?California water hardness, utility by utility

Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 7 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Uranium, nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), arsenic, chromium (total) and fluoride results here are California’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Sky Forest MWC’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 June 11, 2020 to Dec. 29, 2025.

Testing your own tap

Sky Forest MWC’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 Sky Forest MWC serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • BSK Associates - San Bernardino Analytical Laboratory

    San Bernardino, CA · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (559) 497-2888

  • Clinical Laboratory of San Bernardino, Inc.

    Grand Terrace, CA · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity

    (909) 825-7693

  • Geo-Monitor, Inc

    Hesperia, CA · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (760) 244-3481

All 145 certified labs for California

Sources

PWSID CA3600258. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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