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Is American Canyon, CA tap water safe?

City of American Canyon serves American Canyon, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and California’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

City of American Canyon serves American Canyon. In EPA’s and California’s records it has 2 results above the limit’s level with no violation recorded and 2 results above the health goal, and 9 health-based violations since 2016.

The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 62.7 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from City of American Canyon is moderately hard, typically 98 mg/L (5.7 grains per gallon). How California’s water compares.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of American Canyon’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near American Canyon

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 California certifies.

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

  • Caltest Analytical Laboratory

    Napa, CA · about 3 miles

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

    (707) 258-4000

  • Napa-Solano-Yolo-Marin Public Health Laboratory

    Fairfield, CA · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (707) 784-4410

  • Alpha Analytical Laboratories Inc. - North Bay

    Petaluma, CA · about 22 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, PFAS

    (707) 769-3128

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in American Canyon

Which ZIP codes are in American Canyon: 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: California State Water Resources Control Board, ELAP accredited laboratories and their fields of accreditation; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near American Canyon

Other towns in Napa County with a page of their own.

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