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Is Ukiah, CA tap water safe?

6 utilities serve Ukiah, 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

2 of the 6 utilities serving Ukiah have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Willow County Water District and City of 10,000 Buddhas.

City of Ukiah, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 7.4 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from City of Ukiah is moderately hard to hard depending on the source, 91 to 159 mg/L (5.3 to 9.3 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 Ukiah’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 Ukiah’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 Ukiah

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

  • Alpha Analytical Laboratories, Inc. - Ukiah

    Ukiah, CA · about 3 miles

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

    (707) 468-0401

  • K Prime, LLC.

    Santa Rosa, CA · about 50 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, PFAS

    (707) 527-7574

  • Sonoma County Public Health Laboratory

    Santa Rosa, CA · about 55 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (707) 565-4711

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Ukiah

Which ZIP codes are in Ukiah: 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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