Is Foresthill, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Foresthill has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Baker Ranch Water Corp.
Foresthill Public Utility Dist, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and California’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
The water from Foresthill Public Utility Dist is soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 32 to 73 mg/L (1.9 to 4.3 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 Foresthill’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Foresthill Public Utility Dist
California · serves 6,811 people · about 380 in Foresthill
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 32 to 73 mg/L (1.9 to 4.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Baker Ranch Water Corp
California · serves 150 people · under 100 in Foresthill
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.8 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 53 to 73 mg/L (3.1 to 4.3 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Foresthill
The 3 labs California certifies closest to Foresthill, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Cranmer Engineering, Inc.
Grass Valley, CA · about 18 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Onterris Laboratories, LLC
El Dorado Hills, CA · about 32 miles
Certified for organic chemicals, PFAS
Ceres Analytical Laboratory, Inc.
El Dorado Hills, CA · about 32 miles
Certified for organic chemicals
ZIP codes in Foresthill
Which ZIP codes are in Foresthill: 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 Foresthill
Other towns in Placer County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Foresthill Public Utility Dist’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water