Is Rossmoor, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
Golden State WC - West Orange County serves Rossmoor. In EPA’s and California’s records it has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and no health-based violation since 2016.
The worst: PFOS at 16 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
The water from Golden State WC - West Orange County is soft to very hard depending on the source, 57 to 360 mg/L (3.3 to 21.1 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 Golden State WC - West Orange County’s water.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, PFOA, Arsenic, Lead
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, PFOA, Arsenic, Lead
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, PFOA, Arsenic, Lead
Water testing near Rossmoor
The 3 labs California certifies closest to Rossmoor, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Food Microbiological Laboratories, Inc.
Cypress, CA · about 2 miles
Certified for bacteria
Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research
Long Beach, CA · about 4 miles
LA Testing
Huntington Beach, CA · about 5 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals
ZIP codes in Rossmoor
Which ZIP codes are in Rossmoor: 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 Rossmoor
Other towns in Orange County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Golden State WC - West Orange County’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
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- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water