Water Utility

Coachella Valley Water District: Cove Community

Location Riverside County, California,
CA
Serves 270,000
Source Groundwater
PWS ID CA3310001

Overview

Contaminants Detected

1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.00533 ppb Legal Limit: 0.2 ppb
3.1x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.0017 ppb

Arsenic

Potential Effect: Over Legal Limit
This Utility: 1.14 ppb Legal Limit: 10 ppb
286x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.004 ppb

Bromodichloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.788 ppb No Legal Limit
13x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb
This Utility: 1.72 ppb No Legal Limit
3.4x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.5 ppb

Chromium (hexavalent)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 6.69 ppb No Legal Limit
334x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.02 ppb
This Utility: 0.0957 ppb No Legal Limit
3.2x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.03 ppb

Dibromochloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 1.56 ppb No Legal Limit
16x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 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: 2.93 ppb No Legal Limit
49x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb

Nitrate

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 2.36 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppb
17x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppb
This Utility: 1.37 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppb
9.8x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppb

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 4.55 ppb Legal Limit: 80 ppb
30x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.15 ppb
This Utility: 4.5 ppb Legal Limit: 20 ppb
10x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.43 ppb
This Utility: 0.00533 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.35 ppb
This Utility: 0.772 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
600 ppb
This Utility: 12.2 ppb Legal Limit: 2000 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
700 ppb
This Utility: 7.32 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
210 ppb
This Utility: 0.00833 ppb No Legal Limit

Chloroform

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.234 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.4 ppb
This Utility: 5.23 ppb Legal Limit: 100 ppb
This Utility: 0.54 ppm Legal Limit: 4 ppm
This Utility: 0.00833 ppb No Legal Limit
This Utility: 0.0486 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
100 ppb
This Utility: 8.69 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
40 ppb
This Utility: 0.364 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
1 ppb

Radium, combined (-226 and -228)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.06 ppb Legal Limit: 5 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.05 ppb
This Utility: 0.424 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
1500 ppb
This Utility: 16.8 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 (+1 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Lower upfront cost
  • Reduced maintenance
Cons
  • Does not remove all contaminants
Reverse Osmosis
Filters 12 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+11 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

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Contaminant Activated Carbon Reverse Osmosis Ion Exchange
Contaminants Above Health Guidelines
1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP)
Arsenic
Bromodichloromethane
Bromoform
Chromium (hexavalent)*
Dibromoacetic acid
Dibromochloromethane
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*
Nitrate
Nitrate and nitrite
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Other Contaminants Detected
1,4-Dioxane
Aluminum
Barium
Chlorate*
Chlorodifluoromethane
Chloroform
Chromium (total)
Fluoride
Germanium
Manganese
Molybdenum
Perchlorate*
Radium, combined (-226 and -228)
Strontium*
Vanadium*

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