Is Fillmore, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 4 utilities serving Fillmore has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Elkins Ranch.
Fillmore Water Dept, 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 70 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Fillmore Water Dept is very hard, typically 438 mg/L (25.6 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 Fillmore’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Fillmore Water Dept
California · serves 16,419 people · about 270 in Fillmore
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 70 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: very hard, typically 438 mg/L (25.6 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Fillmore Irrigation Co
California · serves 353 people · under 100 in Fillmore
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 6.9 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, typically 475 mg/L (27.8 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Elkins Ranch
California · serves 150 people · under 100 in Fillmore
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 100 mg/L (5.8 grains per gallon).
2 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
San Cayetano Mutual Water Co
California · serves 109 people · under 100 in Fillmore
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 9.3 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, typically 526 mg/L (30.8 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Fillmore
The 3 labs California certifies closest to Fillmore, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Fruit Growers Laboratory, Inc.
Santa Paula, CA · about 12 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
Camrosa Water District Wastewater Laboratory
Camarillo, CA · about 19 miles
Certified for bacteria
Ventura County Public Health Laboratory
Oxnard, CA · about 19 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Fillmore
Which ZIP codes are in Fillmore: 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 Fillmore
Other towns in Ventura County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Fillmore Water Dept’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