Is Armona, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 2 utilities serving Armona have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Armona Community Services Dist and City of Hanford.
Armona Community Services Dist, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 5.4 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Armona Community Services Dist is soft, 6.9 mg/L (0.4 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 Armona’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Armona Community Services Dist
California · serves 4,143 people · nearly all in Armona
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 5.4 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: soft, 6.9 mg/L (0.4 grains per gallon).
3 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
City of Hanford
California · serves 62,127 people · under 100 in Armona
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 49.8 ppb, above the legal limit. Hardness: soft, typically 11 mg/L (0.6 grains per gallon).
4 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 Armona Community Services Dist’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Water testing near Armona
The 3 labs California certifies closest to Armona, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Fruit Growers Laboratory, Inc.
Visalia, CA · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria
Sierra Dairy Laboratory
Tulare, CA · about 19 miles
Certified for bacteria
BSK Associates
Fresno, CA · about 31 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS, radioactivity
Which ZIP codes are in Armona: 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 Armona
Other towns in Kings County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Armona Community Services Dist’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for ArsenicRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best reverse osmosis systems, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water