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Is Fairview, CA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Fairview, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Fairview 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 Hayward, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.75 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from City of Hayward is hard to very hard depending on the source, 131 to 260 mg/L (7.7 to 15.2 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 Fairview’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

MUD stands for municipal utility district, a local water and sewer district common in Texas.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Hayward’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 Fairview

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

  • SGS North America

    Hayward, CA · about 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (510) 266-8183

  • EMSL Analytical Inc.

    San Leandro, CA · about 8 miles

    Certified for asbestos

    (510) 895-3675

  • Alpha Analytical Laboratories, Inc.

    Livermore, CA · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (707) 769-3128

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Fairview

Which ZIP codes are in Fairview: 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 Fairview

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