Is Lockwood, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Lockwood has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records.
Awa la Mel Heights #3, 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 Awa la Mel Heights #3 is soft, typically 22 mg/L (1.3 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 Lockwood’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Awa la Mel Heights #3
California · serves 188 people · under 100 in Lockwood
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: soft, typically 22 mg/L (1.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Red Hawk Casino - Shingle Springs
California · serves 11,268 people · under 100 in Lockwood
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Valley Oaks MHP WS
California · serves 108 people · under 100 in Lockwood
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.8 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 110 mg/L (6.4 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Bradley - Lockwood Rd WS
California · serves 25 people · based in Lockwood
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.5 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: hard, 130 mg/L (7.6 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Lockwood
The 3 labs California certifies closest to Lockwood, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
CM Analytical, Inc.
Gilroy, CA · about 41 miles
Certified for bacteria
Monterey County Consolidated Environmental Laboratory
Salinas, CA · about 43 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Bracewell Engineering, Inc.
Morgan Hill, CA · about 49 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Which ZIP codes are in Lockwood: 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 Lockwood
Other towns in Monterey County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Awa la Mel Heights #3’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