Water Utility

City of California City

Location California City, California,
CA
Serves 14,198
Source Purchased surface water
PWS ID CA1510032

Overview

Contaminants Detected

Arsenic

Potential Effect: Over Legal Limit
This Utility: 6.5 ppb Legal Limit: 10 ppb
1,625x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.004 ppb

Bromodichloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.334 ppb No Legal Limit
5.6x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb
This Utility: 5.93 ppb No Legal Limit
12x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.5 ppb

Chromium (hexavalent)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 5.78 ppb No Legal Limit
289x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.02 ppb
This Utility: 1.02 ppb No Legal Limit
34x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.03 ppb

Dibromochloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 1.87 ppb No Legal Limit
19x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb
This Utility: 1.19 ppb No Legal Limit
6x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.2 ppb

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 36.2 ppb Legal Limit: 60 ppb
362x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb

Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 1.24 ppb No Legal Limit
21x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb
This Utility: 84.9 ppb No Legal Limit
2.1x
EWG's Health Guideline:
40 ppb

Nitrate

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.492 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppb
3.5x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppb
This Utility: 2.53 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppb
18x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppb

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 8.09 ppb Legal Limit: 80 ppb
54x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.15 ppb
This Utility: 5.61 ppb Legal Limit: 20 ppb
13x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.43 ppb
This Utility: 0.588 ppb No Legal Limit
This Utility: 76.2 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
600 ppb
This Utility: 27.8 ppb Legal Limit: 2000 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
700 ppb
This Utility: 0.00558 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb
This Utility: 120.8 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
210 ppb

Chloroform

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.0125 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.4 ppb
This Utility: 3.78 ppb Legal Limit: 100 ppb
This Utility: 1.4 ppm Legal Limit: 4 ppm
This Utility: 33.6 ppb No Legal Limit
This Utility: 1.31 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
100 ppb
This Utility: 0.154 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
25 ppb
This Utility: 3.5 ppb Legal Limit: 50 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
30 ppb
This Utility: 0.278 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
1500 ppb

Trichloroacetic acid

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.118 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb
This Utility: 13.5 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
21 ppb

Find a Filter

See which water filtration technologies are effective at reducing the contaminants detected in this utility's water supply.

Carbon Filters
Filters 8 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+5 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Lower upfront cost
  • Reduced maintenance
Cons
  • Does not remove all contaminants
Reverse Osmosis
Filters 13 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+12 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Most effective
Cons
  • Higher upfront cost
  • Requires more maintenance
  • Wastes water
Other Considerations
Ion Exchange
PROS: Softens hard water, Reduces some contaminants
CONS: Doesn't remove all contaminants
Whole-House Filters
PROS: Useful for reducing radiologicals and TCE
CONS: Expensive to install and maintain, Risk of bacterial contamination

Explore filter options for each contaminant. See which technologies are effective at reducing specific contaminants.

Contaminant Activated Carbon Reverse Osmosis Ion Exchange
Contaminants Above Health Guidelines
Arsenic
Bromodichloromethane
Bromoform
Chromium (hexavalent)*
Dibromoacetic acid
Dibromochloromethane
Dichloroacetic acid
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*
Molybdenum
Nitrate
Nitrate and nitrite
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Other Contaminants Detected
1-Butanol
Aluminum
Barium
Bromochloromethane
Chlorate*
Chloroform
Chromium (total)
Fluoride
Lithium
Manganese
Monobromoacetic acid*
Selenium
Strontium*
Trichloroacetic acid
Vanadium*

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