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Is Bakersfield, CA tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Bakersfield, 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

8 of the 15 utilities serving Bakersfield have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: East Niles CSD, Greenfield County WD, Brock Mutual Water Company and 5 more.

Cws - Bakersfield, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 3 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 14 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from Cws - Bakersfield is soft to very hard depending on the source, 55 to 325 mg/L (3.2 to 19 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 Bakersfield’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Bakersfield

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

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Cws - Bakersfield’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 Bakersfield

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

  • Zalco Laboratories, Inc.

    Bakersfield, CA · about 5 miles

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

    (661) 395-0539

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC dba BC Laboratories, Inc.

    Bakersfield, CA · about 5 miles

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

    (661) 327-4911

  • BSK Associates - Bakersfield Analytical Laboratory

    Bakersfield, CA · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (661) 327-0671

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Bakersfield

Which ZIP codes are in Bakersfield: 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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