FORESTHILL PUBLIC UTILITY DIST Water Quality Report
Serving roughly 6,782 people in Placer County, California.
Data current as of July 2026
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Results for FORESTHILL PUBLIC UTILITY DIST
1 water provider directly on file, serving roughly 6,782 people in Placer County, California.
Quick answer: FORESTHILL PUBLIC UTILITY DIST has no violations on file and no single reading stands out against its peers (246 other providers in this area). It serves roughly 6,782 people, and the full breakdown below reflects everything EPA and California have on record for it.
Lead Summary
Totalhaloaceticacids (HAA5)
TTHM
Chloroform
Bromodichloromethane
Dichloroaceticacid
Trichloroaceticacid
Monobromoaceticacid
Radium-228
Conductivity (at 25°C)
Magnesium
Hardness, Total (ASCACO3)
Calcium
Sodium
Alkalinity, Total
Alkalinity, Bicarbonate
TDS
Chloride
Sulfate
Nitrite
Nitrate-Nitrite
Turbidity
pH
Iron
Carbon, Total
Utility FORESTHILL PUBLIC UTILITY DISTPopulation served 6,782Owner Local government
No violations on file
Contaminants found
Metals
Naturally occurring or corrosion-related elements, e.g. lead, arsenic, copper
Lead Summary
Detected: 0 mg/L (ppm)
12/31/2023
Iron
Detected: 1080 UG/L (ppb)
5/20/2025
Mostly an aesthetic issue (metallic taste, staining) rather than a health concern at typical levels.
Disinfection Byproducts
Formed when chlorine used to disinfect water reacts with organic matter
Totalhaloaceticacids (HAA5)
Detected: 16 UG/L (ppb)
8/11/2025
TTHM
Detected: 27.5 UG/L (ppb)
8/11/2025
A group of disinfection byproducts formed when chlorine reacts with organic matter. Long-term exposure above the legal limit has been linked to increased cancer risk in some studies.
Chloroform
Detected: 25.2 UG/L (ppb)
8/11/2025
One of the individual trihalomethane disinfection byproducts, formed when chlorine reacts with organic matter.
Bromodichloromethane
Detected: 2.3 UG/L (ppb)
8/11/2025
Inorganics
Common dissolved minerals and salts, e.g. nitrate, fluoride, chloride
Chloride
Detected: 1.36 MG/L (ppm)
5/20/2025
Sulfate
Detected: 0.55 MG/L (ppm)
5/20/2025
Nitrite
Detected: 0.25 MG/L (ppm)
5/20/2025
Nitrate-Nitrite
Detected: 0.3 MG/L (ppm)
5/20/2025
Minerals
Everyday minerals that mainly affect taste and water hardness
Magnesium
Detected: 7.58 MG/L (ppm)
5/20/2025
Calcium
Detected: 16.7 MG/L (ppm)
5/20/2025
Sodium
Detected: 7.17 MG/L (ppm)
5/20/2025
Properties
General water characteristics like pH, hardness, and cloudiness (turbidity)
Hardness, Total (ASCACO3)
Detected: 72.9 MG/L (ppm)
5/20/2025
pH
Detected: 6.66 PH
5/20/2025
A measure of how acidic or basic the water is (7 is neutral). Affects taste and plumbing, not a direct health measure.
Calculated Parameters
Values worked out mathematically from other test results, not measured directly
Alkalinity, Bicarbonate
Detected: 84.3 MG/L (ppm)
5/20/2025
Other
Additional substances tested that don't fit neatly into the categories above
Dichloroaceticacid
Detected: 6.6 UG/L (ppb)
8/11/2025
Trichloroaceticacid
Detected: 9.4 UG/L (ppb)
8/11/2025
Monobromoaceticacid
Detected: 1.2 UG/L (ppb)
8/11/2025
Radium-228
Detected: 0.326 PCI/L
5/20/2025
Conductivity (at 25°C)
Detected: 172 UMHO/CM
5/20/2025
Alkalinity, Total
Detected: 84.3 MG/L (ppm)
5/20/2025
TDS
Detected: 170 MG/L (ppm)
5/20/2025
Turbidity
Detected: 1.1 NTU
5/20/2025
A measure of water cloudiness from suspended particles.
Carbon, Total
Detected: 0.95 MG/L (ppm)
7/7/2025
Filtration considerations: See the table below for how whole-house carbon, under-sink reverse osmosis, and under-sink carbon systems compare against what's actually on file here. These are general system types, not a specific product recommendation.