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Is Prunedale, CA tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Prunedale, 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

7 of the 15 utilities serving Prunedale have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Pond - Derosa Oaks WC, Psmcsd - Vierra Estates WS, Prunedale MWC and 4 more.

Cwsc Salinas, which serves the most people here, has 4 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 42 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Cwsc Salinas is moderately hard to very hard depending on the source, 117 to 600 mg/L (6.8 to 35.1 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 Prunedale’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Prunedale

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Prunedale than those above.

  • San Miguel WS #22serves 93 people · nearly all in Prunedale · 1 health-based violation since 2016
  • Rolling Hills Rancho WAserves 185 people · nearly all in Prunedale · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Moro Rd WS #09serves 210 people · about 180 in Prunedale · 36 health-based violations since 2016
  • Rancho Borromeo MWCserves 100 people · nearly all in Prunedale · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Cwsc Las Lomasserves 2,132 people · about 170 in Prunedale · no health-based violations since 2016

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Cwsc Salinas’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 Prunedale

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

  • Monterey County Consolidated Environmental Laboratory

    Salinas, CA · about 12 miles

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

    (831) 755-4516

  • CM Analytical, Inc.

    Gilroy, CA · about 12 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (408) 848-3619

  • Bracewell Engineering, Inc.

    Morgan Hill, CA · about 18 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (669) 258-5821

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Prunedale

Which ZIP codes are in Prunedale: 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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