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Is Pala, CA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Pala, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 2 utilities serving Pala has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Pala North.

Pala North, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit, 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Nitrate at 12.5 ppm, above the legal limit.

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 Pala’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 Pala North’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 Pala

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

  • Applied Industrial Microbiology, Inc.

    Vista, CA · about 19 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (760) 295-0430

  • Alpha Analytical Laboratories, Inc. - San Diego

    Vista, CA · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (760) 536-3352

  • Sierra Analytical Labs, Inc.

    Laguna Hills, CA · about 38 miles

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

    (949) 348-9389

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Pala

Which ZIP codes are in Pala: 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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