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Is Camptonville, CA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Camptonville, 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

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Camptonville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records.

Camptonville Community Serv Dist, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 10 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Camptonville Community Serv Dist is soft to very hard depending on the source, 33 to 216 mg/L (1.9 to 12.6 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 Camptonville’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 Camptonville Community Serv Dist’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 Camptonville

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 Camptonville, 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 18 miles

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

    (530) 273-7284

  • Fruit Growers Laboratory, Inc.

    Chico, CA · about 45 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (530) 343-5818

  • Onterris Laboratories, LLC

    El Dorado Hills, CA · about 59 miles

    Certified for organic chemicals, PFAS

    (916) 673-1520

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Camptonville

Which ZIP codes are in Camptonville: 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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