Is Chino Hills, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Chino Hills has 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 Chino Hills, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 65 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from City of Chino Hills is soft to very hard depending on the source, 13 to 630 mg/L (0.8 to 36.8 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 Chino Hills’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Chino Hills
California · serves 76,314 people · nearly all in Chino Hills
1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 65 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation. Hardness: soft to very hard depending on the source, 13 to 630 mg/L (0.8 to 36.8 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Pomona - City, Water Dept.
California · serves 151,713 people · about 740 in Chino Hills
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 4 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 18 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. Hardness: hard to very hard depending on the source, 160 to 365 mg/L (9.4 to 21.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Chino Hills’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Water testing near Chino Hills
The 3 labs California certifies closest to Chino Hills, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Western Analytical Laboratories, Inc.
Chino, CA · about 4 miles
Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics
Enviro-Chem, Inc.
Pomona, CA · about 5 miles
Certified for metals
Eurofins Pomona
Pomona, CA · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS, radioactivity
ZIP codes in Chino Hills
Which ZIP codes are in Chino Hills: 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 Chino Hills
Other towns in San Bernardino County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Chino Hills’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for ArsenicRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best reverse osmosis systems, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water