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Is Wildomar, CA tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Wildomar, 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

None of the 3 utilities serving Wildomar has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records.

Elsinore Valley MWD, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded, 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Arsenic at 11.6 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Elsinore Valley MWD is soft to very hard depending on the source, 11 to 580 mg/L (0.6 to 33.9 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 Wildomar’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 Elsinore Valley MWD’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 Wildomar

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

  • Babcock Laboratories, Inc.

    Riverside, CA · about 22 miles

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

    (951) 653-3351

  • Sierra Analytical Labs, Inc.

    Laguna Hills, CA · about 27 miles

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

    (949) 348-9389

  • Clinical Laboratory of San Bernardino, Inc.

    Grand Terrace, CA · about 28 miles

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

    (909) 825-7693

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Wildomar

Which ZIP codes are in Wildomar: 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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