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Is Gilroy, CA tap water safe?

11 utilities serve Gilroy, 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.

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The short answer

4 of the 11 utilities serving Gilroy 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 Gilroy, Los Ranchos de Uvas Water Company, Valley View Ranches and 1 more.

City of Gilroy, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit, 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Nitrate at 12 ppm, above the legal limit.

The water from City of Gilroy is hard to very hard depending on the source, 180 to 287 mg/L (10.5 to 16.8 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 Gilroy’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

1 more utility in Gilroy

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Gilroy than those above.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Gilroy’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 Gilroy

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

  • CM Analytical, Inc.

    Gilroy, CA · about 1 mile

    Certified for bacteria

    (408) 848-3619

  • Bracewell Engineering, Inc.

    Morgan Hill, CA · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (669) 258-5821

  • Monterey County Consolidated Environmental Laboratory

    Salinas, CA · about 23 miles

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

    (831) 755-4516

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Gilroy

Which ZIP codes are in Gilroy: 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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