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Is Oakhurst, CA tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Oakhurst, 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

11 of the 15 utilities serving Oakhurst have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Cal Am - Oakhurst, Pike Ranch Mutual Water Co, Broadview Terrace Mutual Water Company and 8 more.

Cal Am - Oakhurst, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded, 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Uranium at 72.7 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Cal Am - Oakhurst is moderately hard to very hard depending on the source, 61 to 845 mg/L (3.6 to 49.4 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 Oakhurst’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Oakhurst

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

  • Bass Lake Heights Mutual Waterserves 250 people · under 100 in Oakhurst · 2 health-based violations since 2016
  • MD 43 Miami Creek Knollsserves 100 people · under 100 in Oakhurst · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Eccoserves 100 people · under 100 in Oakhurst · 2 health-based violations since 2016
  • MD 42 Still Meadowserves 100 people · under 100 in Oakhurst · 67 health-based violations since 2016
  • Whispering Pines MHPserves 38 people · under 100 in Oakhurst · no health-based violations since 2016

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Cal Am - Oakhurst’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 Oakhurst

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

  • SGS North America, Inc.

    Clovis, CA · about 37 miles

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

    (559) 862-2118

  • BSK Associates

    Fresno, CA · about 44 miles

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

    (559) 497-2888

  • Dellavalle Laboratory, Inc.

    Fresno, CA · about 44 miles

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

    (559) 233-6129

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Oakhurst

Which ZIP codes are in Oakhurst: 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 Oakhurst

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