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Is Hawaiian Gardens, CA tap water safe?

Gswc - Artesia serves Hawaiian Gardens, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and California’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Gswc - Artesia serves Hawaiian Gardens. In EPA’s and California’s records it has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: PFOS at 13 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from Gswc - Artesia is hard to very hard depending on the source, 130 to 279 mg/L (7.6 to 16.3 grains per gallon). How California’s water compares.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Gswc - Artesia’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Hawaiian Gardens

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 Hawaiian Gardens, 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 3 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (714) 657-7527

  • Long Beach Public Health Laboratory

    Long Beach, CA · about 5 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (562) 570-4080

  • AIH Laboratory, Inc.

    Anaheim, CA · about 6 miles

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

    (562) 860-2201

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Hawaiian Gardens

Which ZIP codes are in Hawaiian Gardens: 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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