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Is Carmel Valley Village, CA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Carmel Valley Village, 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 Carmel Valley Village has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records.

Cal Am Water Company - Monterey, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOA at 8.1 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

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 Carmel Valley Village’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 Cal Am Water Company - Monterey’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Carmel Valley Village

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

  • Monterey Bay Analytical Services, Inc.

    Monterey, CA · about 15 miles

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

    (831) 375-6227

  • Monterey County Consolidated Environmental Laboratory

    Salinas, CA · about 19 miles

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

    (831) 755-4516

  • CM Analytical, Inc.

    Gilroy, CA · about 41 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (408) 848-3619

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Carmel Valley Village

Which ZIP codes are in Carmel Valley Village: 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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