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Is Ceres, CA tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Ceres, 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

3 of the 4 utilities serving Ceres have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: City of Ceres, Keyes Community Services Dist. and Monterey Park Tract CSD.

City of Ceres, 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: PFOS at 24 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from City of Ceres is soft to very hard depending on the source, 47 to 478 mg/L (2.8 to 27.9 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 Ceres’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 City of Ceres’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 Ceres

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

  • Aemtek, Inc.

    Modesto, CA · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (510) 979-1979

  • Institute of Environmental Health, Inc. dba IEH-JL Analytical

    Modesto, CA · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (209) 538-8111

  • Certified Laboratories - Turlock

    Turlock, CA · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (209) 664-1100

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Ceres

Which ZIP codes are in Ceres: 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 Ceres

Other towns in Stanislaus County with a page of their own.

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