Is Bangor, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 5 utilities serving Bangor has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records.
South Feather W&P - Miners Ranch, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and California’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
The water from South Feather W&P - Miners Ranch is soft, 27 mg/L (1.6 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 Bangor’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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South Feather W&P - Miners Ranch
California · serves 22,638 people · about 370 in Bangor
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: soft, 27 mg/L (1.6 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cal - Water Service Co. - Marysville
California · serves 12,888 people · about 200 in Bangor
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 4.8 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: hard to very hard depending on the source, 160 to 338 mg/L (9.4 to 19.7 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Linda County Water District
California · serves 21,654 people · about 140 in Bangor
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 5.9 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 70 mg/L (4.1 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cal - Water Service Co. - Oroville
California · serves 11,047 people · about 110 in Bangor
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 81.3 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: soft to hard depending on the source, 37 to 145 mg/L (2.2 to 8.5 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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North Yuba Water District
California · serves 2,772 people · under 100 in Bangor
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.1 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: soft, 19 mg/L (1.1 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Bangor
The 3 labs California certifies closest to Bangor, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Cranmer Engineering, Inc.
Grass Valley, CA · about 22 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Fruit Growers Laboratory, Inc.
Chico, CA · about 34 miles
Certified for bacteria
Onterris Laboratories, LLC
El Dorado Hills, CA · about 54 miles
Certified for organic chemicals, PFAS
Which ZIP codes are in Bangor: 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 Bangor
Other towns in Butte County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read South Feather W&P - Miners Ranch’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water