Is Fort Bragg, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 5 utilities serving Fort Bragg have 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 Fort Bragg and Woodside Rv Park.
City of Fort Bragg, 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 City of Fort Bragg is soft, 36 mg/L (2.1 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 Fort Bragg’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Fort Bragg
California · serves 7,117 people · about 120 in Fort Bragg
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: soft, 36 mg/L (2.1 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Ocean'S Edge Estates
California · serves 250 people · under 100 in Fort Bragg
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 37 to 68 mg/L (2.2 to 4 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Dolphin Isle Marina
California · serves 280 people · under 100 in Fort Bragg
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 105 mg/L (6.1 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Woodside Rv Park
California · serves 280 people · under 100 in Fort Bragg
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 10 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, typically 75 mg/L (4.4 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Holly Ranch Village
California · serves 50 people · under 100 in Fort Bragg
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: soft, 27 mg/L (1.6 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Fort Bragg
The lab California certifies closest to Fort Bragg, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Alpha Analytical Laboratories, Inc. - Ukiah
Ukiah, CA · about 37 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
ZIP codes in Fort Bragg
Which ZIP codes are in Fort Bragg: 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 Fort Bragg
Other towns in Mendocino County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Fort Bragg’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