Is Lake of the Pines, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Lake of the Pines has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records.
Nevada ID - Lake of Pines, 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 Nevada ID - Lake of Pines is soft, 16 mg/L (0.9 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 Lake of the Pines’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Nevada ID - Lake of Pines
California · serves 6,870 people · about 260 in Lake of the Pines
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: soft, 16 mg/L (0.9 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Nevada ID - North Auburn
California · serves 6,870 people · about 190 in Lake of the Pines
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: soft, typically 14 mg/L (0.8 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Placer CWA - Auburn/Bowman
California · serves 27,317 people · about 160 in Lake of the Pines
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: soft, typically 14 mg/L (0.8 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Christian Valley Park CSD
California · serves 1,800 people · under 100 in Lake of the Pines
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.5 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: soft, 13 mg/L (0.8 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Lake of the Pines
The 3 labs California certifies closest to Lake of the Pines, 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 17 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Onterris Laboratories, LLC
El Dorado Hills, CA · about 24 miles
Certified for organic chemicals, PFAS
Ceres Analytical Laboratory, Inc.
El Dorado Hills, CA · about 24 miles
Certified for organic chemicals
ZIP codes in Lake of the Pines
Which ZIP codes are in Lake of the Pines: 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 Lake of the Pines
Other towns in Nevada County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Nevada ID - Lake of Pines’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