Skip to content
TapBuff
ZIP

Is Petaluma, CA tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Petaluma, 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 3 utilities serving Petaluma has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: U.S. Coast Guard Training Center.

City of Petaluma, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 10 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from City of Petaluma is moderately hard to very hard depending on the source, 72 to 314 mg/L (4.2 to 18.3 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 Petaluma’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 Petaluma’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

Disclosure: TapBuff earns a commission if you buy through some links on this page. It does not change which standard or filter we name. As an Amazon Associate, TapBuff earns from qualifying purchases. How TapBuff makes money

Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Petaluma

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

  • Alpha Analytical Laboratories Inc. - North Bay

    Petaluma, CA · about 2 miles

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

    (707) 769-3128

  • Brelje and Race Laboratories, Inc.

    Santa Rosa, CA · about 14 miles

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

    (707) 544-8807

  • Sonoma County Public Health Laboratory

    Santa Rosa, CA · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (707) 565-4711

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Petaluma

Which ZIP codes are in Petaluma: 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 Petaluma

Other towns in Sonoma County with a page of their own.

What to do next