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Is Blairsden, CA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Blairsden, 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.

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The short answer

2 of the 2 utilities serving Blairsden have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Plumas Eureka CSD and Blairsden Water Users Assn.

Plumas Eureka CSD, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded. The worst: Arsenic at 11.7 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.

The water from Plumas Eureka CSD is soft, typically 19 mg/L (1.1 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 Blairsden’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Plumas Eureka CSD’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 Blairsden

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 Blairsden, 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 45 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (530) 273-7284

  • SGS Silver State Analytical Lab - Reno

    Reno, NV · about 53 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, radioactivity

    (775) 857-2400

  • Fruit Growers Laboratory, Inc.

    Chico, CA · about 63 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (530) 343-5818

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Blairsden

Which ZIP codes are in Blairsden: 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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