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Is Madera, CA tap water safe?

11 utilities serve Madera, 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 11 utilities serving Madera has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Riverstone/Rootcreek Water District.

City of Madera, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from City of Madera is soft to hard depending on the source, 43 to 163 mg/L (2.5 to 9.5 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 Madera’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

1 more utility in Madera

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Madera than those above.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Madera’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 Madera

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

  • Dellavalle Laboratory, Inc.

    Fresno, CA · about 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, radioactivity

    (559) 233-6129

  • Moore Twining Associates, Inc.

    Fresno, CA · about 24 miles

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

    (559) 268-7021

  • SGS North America, Inc.

    Clovis, CA · about 26 miles

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

    (559) 862-2118

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Madera

Which ZIP codes are in Madera: 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 Madera

Other towns in Madera County with a page of their own.

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