Is Lexington Hills, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Lexington Hills has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Summit West Mutual Water Co..
Summit West Mutual Water Co., 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.
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 Lexington Hills’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Summit West Mutual Water Co.
California · serves 481 people · under 100 in Lexington Hills
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Villa del Monte MWC
California · serves 422 people · under 100 in Lexington Hills
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.66 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, 390 mg/L (22.8 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Lexington Hills
The 3 labs California certifies closest to Lexington Hills, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Santa Cruz County - Health Services Agency - Environmental Health
Santa Cruz, CA · about 12 miles
Certified for bacteria
Torrent Laboratory, Inc
Milpitas, CA · about 18 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS
Bracewell Engineering, Inc.
Morgan Hill, CA · about 19 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
ZIP codes in Lexington Hills
Which ZIP codes are in Lexington Hills: 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 Lexington Hills
Other towns in Santa Clara County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Summit West Mutual Water Co.’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