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Is Garden Grove, CA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Garden Grove, 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

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Garden Grove has 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 Garden Grove, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOS at 19 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from City of Garden Grove is very hard, typically 331 mg/L (19.4 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 Garden Grove’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 City of Garden Grove’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 Garden Grove

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

  • Food Microbiological Laboratories, Inc.

    Cypress, CA · about 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (714) 657-7527

  • LA Testing

    Huntington Beach, CA · about 5 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, metals

    (714) 828-4999

  • AIH Laboratory, Inc.

    Anaheim, CA · about 5 miles

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

    (562) 860-2201

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Garden Grove

Which ZIP codes are in Garden Grove: 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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