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Is Sierra Village, CA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Sierra Village, 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

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Sierra Village has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records.

MI Wuk Village Mut WTR Co, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 12 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from MI Wuk Village Mut WTR Co is soft, typically 33 mg/L (1.9 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 Sierra Village’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 MI Wuk Village Mut WTR Co’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 Sierra Village

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

  • Precision Enviro-Tech

    Twain Harte, CA · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (209) 477-8105

  • 49er Water Laboratory

    Jackson, CA · about 39 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (530) 277-2770

  • Aemtek, Inc.

    Modesto, CA · about 55 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (510) 979-1979

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Sierra Village

Which ZIP codes are in Sierra Village: 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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