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Is Pismo Beach, CA tap water safe?

Pismo Beach Water Department serves Pismo Beach, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and California’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Pismo Beach Water Department serves Pismo Beach. In EPA’s and California’s records it has 1 result above the legal limit and 2 results above the health goal, and 3 health-based violations since 2016.

The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 58.7 ppb, above the legal limit.

The water from Pismo Beach Water Department is very hard, typically 490 mg/L (28.6 grains per gallon). How California’s water compares.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Pismo Beach Water Department’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Pismo Beach

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

  • Abalone Coast Analytical, Inc.

    San Luis Obispo, CA · about 6 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (805) 595-1080

  • Fruit Growers Laboratory, Inc.

    San Luis Obispo, CA · about 6 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (805) 783-2940

  • County of San Luis Obispo Public Health Laboratory

    San Luis Obispo, CA · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (805) 781-5507

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Pismo Beach

Which ZIP codes are in Pismo Beach: 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 Pismo Beach

Other towns in San Luis Obispo County with a page of their own.

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