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Is Trinidad, CA tap water safe?

5 utilities serve Trinidad, 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

1 of the 5 utilities serving Trinidad has 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 Trinidad.

Westhaven C.S.D., which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the limit’s level with no violation recorded and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 323 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Westhaven C.S.D. is soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 17 to 120 mg/L (1 to 7 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 Trinidad’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 Westhaven C.S.D.’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 Trinidad

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 2 labs California certifies closest to Trinidad, 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 13 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 19 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (707) 268-2179

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Trinidad

Which ZIP codes are in Trinidad: 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 Trinidad

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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