Is Healdsburg, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Healdsburg 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 Healdsburg, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and California’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
The water from City of Healdsburg is moderately hard to very hard depending on the source, 78 to 213 mg/L (4.6 to 12.4 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 Healdsburg’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Healdsburg
California · serves 10,972 people · about 280 in Healdsburg
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: moderately hard to very hard depending on the source, 78 to 213 mg/L (4.6 to 12.4 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Rio Lindo Adventist Academy
California · serves 178 people · under 100 in Healdsburg
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: hard, 148 mg/L (8.6 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Russian River Mutual Water Co.
California · serves 87 people · under 100 in Healdsburg
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: very hard, 210 mg/L (12.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Alexander Valley Acres Water Company
California · serves 27 people · under 100 in Healdsburg
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: hard, 140 mg/L (8.2 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Healdsburg
The 3 labs California certifies closest to Healdsburg, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
K Prime, LLC.
Santa Rosa, CA · about 9 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, PFAS
Sonoma County Public Health Laboratory
Santa Rosa, CA · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria
Brelje and Race Laboratories, Inc.
Santa Rosa, CA · about 16 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
ZIP codes in Healdsburg
Which ZIP codes are in Healdsburg: 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 Healdsburg
Other towns in Sonoma County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Healdsburg’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water