Is Haleiwa, HI tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Haleiwa has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records.
Waialee - Sunset Beach, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
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 Haleiwa’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Waialee - Sunset Beach
Hawaii · serves 4,916 people · about 310 in Haleiwa
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Waialua - Haleiwa
Hawaii · serves 9,996 people · about 230 in Haleiwa
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.35 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Haleiwa
The 2 labs Hawaii certifies closest to Haleiwa, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
AECOS, Inc. - Kaneohe
Kaneohe, HI · about 21 miles
Certified for bacteria
FQLabs - Honolulu
Honolulu, HI · about 23 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Haleiwa: 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: Hawaii Department of Health, State Laboratories Division, certified chemistry, radiochemistry and microbiology drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Haleiwa
Other towns in Honolulu County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Waialee - Sunset Beach’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