Is Lone Pine, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Lone Pine has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Inyo County PWD - Lone Pine.
Inyo County PWD - Lone Pine, 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 Lone Pine’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Inyo County PWD - Lone Pine
California · serves 1,835 people · under 100 in Lone Pine
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
North Lone Pine Mutual Water Company
California · serves 70 people · under 100 in Lone Pine
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.7 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, typically 73 mg/L (4.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Lone Pine
The lab California certifies closest to Lone Pine, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Inyo County Water Lab
Independence, CA · about 19 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Lone Pine
Which ZIP codes are in Lone Pine: 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 Lone Pine
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Inyo County PWD - Lone Pine’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