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Is Lebec, CA tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Lebec, 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 4 utilities serving Lebec has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Lebec County Water District.

Lebec County Water District, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 28.2 ppb, above the legal limit.

The water from Lebec County Water District is very hard, typically 370 mg/L (21.6 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 Lebec’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 Lebec County 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 Lebec

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

  • Fruit Growers Laboratory, Inc.

    Santa Paula, CA · about 34 miles

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

    (805) 392-2000

  • Pat-Chem Laboratories

    San Fernando, CA · about 39 miles

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

    (800) 400-5227

  • Ventura County Public Health Laboratory

    Oxnard, CA · about 43 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (805) 981-5131

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Lebec

Which ZIP codes are in Lebec: 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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