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Is Firebaugh, CA tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Firebaugh, 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

3 of the 4 utilities serving Firebaugh have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: East Acres Mutual Water Company, Panoche Water District and Marquez Rental.

Firebaugh City, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded, 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 125 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Firebaugh City is moderately hard to very hard depending on the source, 70 to 255 mg/L (4.1 to 14.9 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 Firebaugh’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 Firebaugh City’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 Firebaugh

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

  • Dellavalle Laboratory, Inc.

    Fresno, CA · about 41 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, radioactivity

    (559) 233-6129

  • Moore Twining Associates, Inc.

    Fresno, CA · about 44 miles

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

    (559) 268-7021

  • Certified Laboratories - Turlock

    Turlock, CA · about 50 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (209) 664-1100

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Firebaugh

Which ZIP codes are in Firebaugh: 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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