Is Auburn Lake Trails, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
Georgetown Divide PUD serves Auburn Lake Trails. In EPA’s and California’s records it has 1 result above the health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.
The worst: Uranium at 2.3 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Georgetown Divide PUD is soft, typically 9.1 mg/L (0.5 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.
Water testing near Auburn Lake Trails
The 3 labs California certifies closest to Auburn Lake Trails, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Onterris Laboratories, LLC
El Dorado Hills, CA · about 18 miles
Certified for organic chemicals, PFAS
Ceres Analytical Laboratory, Inc.
El Dorado Hills, CA · about 18 miles
Certified for organic chemicals
Cranmer Engineering, Inc.
Grass Valley, CA · about 24 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
ZIP codes in Auburn Lake Trails
Which ZIP codes are in Auburn Lake Trails: 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 Auburn Lake Trails
Other towns in El Dorado County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Georgetown Divide PUD’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About UraniumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Uranium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water