Is Valley Springs, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Valley Springs has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records: Camanche South Shore - EBMUD.
Ccwd - Jenny Lind, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and California’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
The water from Ccwd - Jenny Lind is moderately hard, typically 78 mg/L (4.6 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 Valley Springs’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Ccwd - Jenny Lind
California · serves 9,861 people · about 360 in Valley Springs
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, typically 78 mg/L (4.6 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Valley Springs PUD
California · serves 900 people · under 100 in Valley Springs
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: hard to very hard depending on the source, 146 to 210 mg/L (8.5 to 12.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Camanche South Shore - EBMUD
California · serves 111 people · under 100 in Valley Springs
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: soft, typically 15 mg/L (0.9 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Valley Springs
The 3 labs California certifies closest to Valley Springs, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
49er Water Laboratory
Jackson, CA · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Lodi Wine Laboratories
Lodi, CA · about 22 miles
Certified for nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Fruit Growers Laboratory, Inc.
Stockton, CA · about 26 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Valley Springs
Which ZIP codes are in Valley Springs: 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 Valley Springs
Other towns in Calaveras County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Ccwd - Jenny Lind’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water