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Is Tehachapi, CA tap water safe?

12 utilities serve Tehachapi, 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

4 of the 12 utilities serving Tehachapi have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: City of Tehachapi, Cci - Tehachapi, Bear Valley CSD and 1 more.

City of Tehachapi, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Nitrate at 11 ppm, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from City of Tehachapi is moderately hard to very hard depending on the source, 110 to 225 mg/L (6.4 to 13.2 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 Tehachapi’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

2 more utilities in Tehachapi

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

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Tehachapi’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 Tehachapi

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

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC dba BC Laboratories, Inc.

    Bakersfield, CA · about 37 miles

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

    (661) 327-4911

  • Zalco Laboratories, Inc.

    Bakersfield, CA · about 37 miles

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

    (661) 395-0539

  • BSK Associates - Bakersfield Analytical Laboratory

    Bakersfield, CA · about 42 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (661) 327-0671

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Tehachapi

Which ZIP codes are in Tehachapi: 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 Tehachapi

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