Is Georgetown, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Georgetown has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records.
Georgetown Divide PUD, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 2.3 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Georgetown Divide PUD is soft, typically 9.1 mg/L (0.5 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 Georgetown’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Georgetown Divide PUD
California · serves 9,434 people · about 400 in Georgetown
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 2.3 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: soft, typically 9.1 mg/L (0.5 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Bear State Water Works
California · serves 100 people · under 100 in Georgetown
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.7 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: soft, 4 mg/L (0.2 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Quintette Service Corp Water
California · serves 68 people · under 100 in Georgetown
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.5 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: soft, 6.3 mg/L (0.4 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Georgetown
The 3 labs California certifies closest to Georgetown, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Onterris Laboratories, LLC
El Dorado Hills, CA · about 23 miles
Certified for organic chemicals, PFAS
Ceres Analytical Laboratory, Inc.
El Dorado Hills, CA · about 23 miles
Certified for organic chemicals
Cranmer Engineering, Inc.
Grass Valley, CA · about 24 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Which ZIP codes are in Georgetown: 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 Georgetown
Other towns in El Dorado County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Georgetown Divide PUD’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About UraniumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Uranium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water