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Is Salyer, CA tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Salyer, 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

3 of the 3 utilities serving Salyer have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Salyer Mutual WC (Formerly Riverview Ac), Salyer Heights W.S., Inc and Trinity Village Mutual Water.

Salyer Mutual WC (Formerly Riverview Ac), which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and California’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

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 Salyer’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Salyer

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

  • Microbac Laboratories, Inc. - Arcata

    Arcata, CA · about 30 miles

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

    (707) 822-4649

  • Humboldt County Public Health Laboratory

    Eureka, CA · about 35 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (707) 268-2179

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Redding

    Redding, CA · about 62 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (530) 999-4051

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Salyer

Which ZIP codes are in Salyer: 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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