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Is Forestville, CA tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Forestville, 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

None of the 3 utilities serving Forestville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records.

Forestville Water District, 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.

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 Forestville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Forestville

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

  • K Prime, LLC.

    Santa Rosa, CA · about 6 miles

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

    (707) 527-7574

  • Sonoma County Public Health Laboratory

    Santa Rosa, CA · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (707) 565-4711

  • Brelje and Race Laboratories, Inc.

    Santa Rosa, CA · about 11 miles

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

    (707) 544-8807

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Forestville

Which ZIP codes are in Forestville: 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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