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Is Old Fig Garden, CA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Old Fig Garden, 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

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Old Fig Garden has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records.

City of Fresno, which serves the most people here, has 3 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 3 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 30 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from City of Fresno is soft to very hard depending on the source, 8.8 to 390 mg/L (0.5 to 22.8 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 Old Fig Garden’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Fresno’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 Old Fig Garden

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 Old Fig Garden, 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 2 miles

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

    (559) 233-6129

  • Moore Twining Associates, Inc.

    Fresno, CA · about 4 miles

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

    (559) 268-7021

  • BSK Associates

    Fresno, CA · about 8 miles

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

    (559) 497-2888

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Old Fig Garden

Which ZIP codes are in Old Fig Garden: 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.

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