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Is Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Idyllwild-Pine Cove, 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

1 of the 3 utilities serving Idyllwild-Pine Cove has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Idyllwild Water District.

Idyllwild Water District, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit and 3 results above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 68 ppb, above the legal limit.

The water from Idyllwild Water District is soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 25 to 88 mg/L (1.5 to 5.1 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 Idyllwild-Pine Cove’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Idyllwild Water District’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 Idyllwild-Pine Cove

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

  • Babcock Laboratories, Inc.

    Riverside, CA · about 33 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS, radioactivity

    (951) 653-3351

  • BSK Associates - San Bernardino Analytical Laboratory

    San Bernardino, CA · about 36 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (559) 497-2888

  • Clinical Laboratory of San Bernardino, Inc.

    Grand Terrace, CA · about 38 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity

    (909) 825-7693

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Idyllwild-Pine Cove

Which ZIP codes are in Idyllwild-Pine Cove: 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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