Is Garberville, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Garberville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Palomino Estates Water Company.
Garberville Sanitary 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.
The water from Garberville Sanitary District is moderately hard, 110 mg/L (6.5 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 Garberville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Garberville Sanitary District
California · serves 2,041 people · under 100 in Garberville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 110 mg/L (6.5 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Briceland C.S.D.
California · serves 75 people · under 100 in Garberville
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.5 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 98 mg/L (5.7 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Palomino Estates Water Company
California · serves 64 people · based in Garberville
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.8 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: hard, 121 mg/L (7.1 grains per gallon).
3 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Garberville
The 3 labs California certifies closest to Garberville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Humboldt County Public Health Laboratory
Eureka, CA · about 54 miles
Certified for bacteria
Microbac Laboratories, Inc. - Arcata
Arcata, CA · about 59 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Alpha Analytical Laboratories, Inc. - Ukiah
Ukiah, CA · about 71 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
ZIP codes in Garberville
Which ZIP codes are in Garberville: 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 Garberville
Other towns in Humboldt County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Garberville Sanitary District’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