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Is Palo Verde, CA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Palo Verde, 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

2 of the 2 utilities serving Palo Verde have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Palo Verde County Water Dist. and Mitchells Camp Family Assoc..

Palo Verde County Water Dist., which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded and 3 results above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 205 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Palo Verde County Water Dist.’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 Palo Verde

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

  • Brawley Analytical, Inc.

    Brawley, CA · about 44 miles

    Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics

    (760) 623-1556

  • Imperial County Public Health Laboratory

    El Centro, CA · about 53 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (442) 265-1427

  • Babcock Laboratories, Inc.

    El Centro, CA · about 54 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (951) 653-3351

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Palo Verde

Which ZIP codes are in Palo Verde: 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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