Is Cloverdale, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 5 utilities serving Cloverdale has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: South Cloverdale Water Company.
City of Cloverdale, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and California’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
The water from City of Cloverdale is hard, typically 161 mg/L (9.4 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 Cloverdale’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Cloverdale
California · serves 8,710 people · about 150 in Cloverdale
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: hard, typically 161 mg/L (9.4 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Palomino Lakes Mutual Water Co.
California · serves 300 people · under 100 in Cloverdale
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: very hard, 290 mg/L (17 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Rains Creek Water District
California · serves 208 people · under 100 in Cloverdale
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: very hard, 220 mg/L (12.9 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Clear Creek Water Company
California · serves 40 people · under 100 in Cloverdale
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 3.1 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, 215 mg/L (12.6 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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South Cloverdale Water Company
California · serves 90 people · based in Cloverdale
1 result above the action level. The worst: Copper at 1.4 ppm, above the action level. Hardness: very hard, 275 mg/L (16.1 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Cloverdale
The 3 labs California certifies closest to Cloverdale, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Alpha Analytical Laboratories, Inc. - Ukiah
Ukiah, CA · about 24 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
K Prime, LLC.
Santa Rosa, CA · about 26 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, PFAS
Sonoma County Public Health Laboratory
Santa Rosa, CA · about 31 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Cloverdale
Which ZIP codes are in Cloverdale: 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 Cloverdale
Other towns in Sonoma County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Cloverdale’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water