Is Elverta, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Elverta has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records.
Cal Am - Antelope, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 69 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Cal Am - Antelope is moderately hard to very hard depending on the source, 71 to 230 mg/L (4.1 to 13.5 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 Elverta’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Cal Am - Antelope
California · serves 35,617 people · about 580 in Elverta
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 69 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: moderately hard to very hard depending on the source, 71 to 230 mg/L (4.1 to 13.5 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Rio Linda/Elverta Community Water Dist
California · serves 15,460 people · about 300 in Elverta
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 10 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard to hard depending on the source, 62 to 140 mg/L (3.6 to 8.2 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Cal Am - West Placer
California · serves 9,547 people · about 120 in Elverta
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: soft, typically 26 mg/L (1.5 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 Cal Am - Antelope’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 Elverta
The 3 labs California certifies closest to Elverta, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins Sacramento
West Sacramento, CA · about 11 miles
Certified for minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, PFAS
Eurofins Sacramento Service Center
West Sacramento, CA · about 11 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Bend Genetics LLC
Sacramento, CA · about 12 miles
ZIP codes in Elverta
Which ZIP codes are in Elverta: 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 Elverta
Other towns in Sacramento County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Cal Am - Antelope’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water