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Is China Lake Acres, CA tap water safe?

Indian Wells Valley W.D. serves China Lake Acres, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and California’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

Indian Wells Valley W.D. serves China Lake Acres. In EPA’s and California’s records it has 1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded, 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Arsenic at 14.3 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Indian Wells Valley W.D. is soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 11 to 110 mg/L (0.6 to 6.4 grains per gallon). How California’s water compares.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Indian Wells Valley W.D.’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near China Lake Acres

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.

No lab California certifies is within 75 miles of China Lake Acres on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in China Lake Acres

Which ZIP codes are in China Lake Acres: 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.

Near China Lake Acres

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

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