Is Morongo Valley, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 4 utilities serving Morongo Valley have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: CSA 70 - F Morongo and CSA 70 W - 3 Hacienda.
CSA 70 - F Morongo, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Uranium at 79 ppb, above the legal limit.
The water from CSA 70 - F Morongo is very hard, typically 310 mg/L (18.1 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 Morongo Valley’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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CSA 70 - F Morongo
California · serves 300 people · nearly all in Morongo Valley
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Uranium at 79 ppb, above the legal limit. Hardness: very hard, typically 310 mg/L (18.1 grains per gallon).
42 health-based violations since 2016
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Golden State Water Co - Morongo del Sur
California · serves 1,715 people · about 390 in Morongo Valley
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 20.5 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, typically 270 mg/L (15.8 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Golden State Water Morongo Delnorte
California · serves 366 people · under 100 in Morongo Valley
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 26.5 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: hard to very hard depending on the source, 180 to 210 mg/L (10.5 to 12.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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CSA 70 W - 3 Hacienda
California · serves 611 people · under 100 in Morongo Valley
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Uranium at 34.8 ppb, above the legal limit. Hardness: very hard, typically 333 mg/L (19.4 grains per gallon).
42 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Morongo Valley
The 3 labs California certifies closest to Morongo Valley, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
BSK Associates - San Bernardino Analytical Laboratory
San Bernardino, CA · about 38 miles
Certified for bacteria
Babcock Laboratories, Inc.
Riverside, CA · about 41 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS, radioactivity
Clinical Laboratory of San Bernardino, Inc.
Grand Terrace, CA · about 41 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
ZIP codes in Morongo Valley
Which ZIP codes are in Morongo Valley: 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 Morongo Valley
Other towns in San Bernardino County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read CSA 70 - F Morongo’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About UraniumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Uranium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water