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Is Crows Landing, CA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Crows Landing, 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

2 of the 2 utilities serving Crows Landing 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 Newman - Water Department and Crows Landing Comm Svc District.

City of Newman - Water Department, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit, 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Nitrate at 11.3 ppm, above the legal limit.

The water from City of Newman - Water Department is very hard, typically 390 mg/L (22.8 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 Crows Landing’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 Newman - Water Department’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 Crows Landing

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

  • Certified Laboratories - Turlock

    Turlock, CA · about 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (209) 664-1100

  • Microbac Laboratories, Inc. - Turlock

    Turlock, CA · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity

    (707) 822-4649

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

    Modesto, CA · about 23 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (209) 538-8111

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Crows Landing

Which ZIP codes are in Crows Landing: 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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