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Is Tulelake, CA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Tulelake, 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

2 of the 2 utilities serving Tulelake 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 Tulelake and Newell County Water District.

City of Tulelake, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.6 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from City of Tulelake is soft, 34 mg/L (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 Tulelake’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 City of Tulelake’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 Tulelake

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 lab California certifies closest to Tulelake, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Spring Street Analytical

    Klamath Falls, OR · about 36 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (541) 882-6286

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Tulelake

Which ZIP codes are in Tulelake: 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 Tulelake

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