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Is Apple Valley, CA tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Apple Valley, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and California’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

5 of the 15 utilities serving Apple Valley have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Thunderbird CWD, Apple Valley Heights CWD, Apple Valley Foothill CWD and 2 more.

Liberty Utilities (Av Ranchos) Corp., which serves the most people here, has 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 32 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Liberty Utilities (Av Ranchos) Corp. is soft to very hard depending on the source, 31 to 260 mg/L (1.8 to 15.2 grains per gallon). How California’s water compares.

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 Apple Valley’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Apple Valley

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Apple Valley than those above.

  • Rancheritos MWCserves 487 people · under 100 in Apple Valley · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Bear Valley MHPserves 150 people · under 100 in Apple Valley · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Apple Valley View MWCserves 303 people · under 100 in Apple Valley · 6 health-based violations since 2016
  • Golden State Water Desert Viewserves 120 people · under 100 in Apple Valley · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Rancheritos #2serves 291 people · based in Apple Valley · no health-based violations since 2016

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Liberty Utilities (Av Ranchos) Corp.’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Apple Valley

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 Apple Valley, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Geo-Monitor, Inc

    Hesperia, CA · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (760) 244-3481

  • BSK Associates - San Bernardino Analytical Laboratory

    San Bernardino, CA · about 31 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (559) 497-2888

  • Clinical Laboratory of San Bernardino, Inc.

    Grand Terrace, CA · about 34 miles

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

    (909) 825-7693

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Apple Valley

Which ZIP codes are in Apple Valley: 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.

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