Is Graeagle, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Graeagle has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Plumas Eureka CSD.
Graeagle Water Company, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 63 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
The water from Graeagle Water Company is soft, 42 mg/L (2.4 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 Graeagle’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Graeagle Water Company
California · serves 737 people · under 100 in Graeagle
1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 63 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation. Hardness: soft, 42 mg/L (2.4 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Plumas Eureka CSD
California · serves 334 people · under 100 in Graeagle
1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded. The worst: Arsenic at 11.7 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation. Hardness: soft, typically 19 mg/L (1.1 grains per gallon).
3 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Graeagle
The 3 labs California certifies closest to Graeagle, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Cranmer Engineering, Inc.
Grass Valley, CA · about 45 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
SGS Silver State Analytical Lab - Reno
Reno, NV · about 53 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, radioactivity
Fruit Growers Laboratory, Inc.
Chico, CA · about 63 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Graeagle
Which ZIP codes are in Graeagle: 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 Graeagle
Other towns in Plumas County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Graeagle Water Company’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)What it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water