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Is Kaiminani, HI tap water safe?

North Kona serves Kaiminani, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

North Kona serves Kaiminani. In EPA’s records it has 2 results above the health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Uranium at 2.4 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in North Kona’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Kaiminani

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 Hawaii certifies.

No lab Hawaii certifies is within 75 miles of Kaiminani on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

All 12 certified labs for Hawaii

ZIP codes in Kaiminani

Which ZIP codes are in Kaiminani: 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.

Near Kaiminani

Other towns in Hawaii County with a page of their own.

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