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Is MONTAGUE, CA Tap Water Safe?

MONTAGUE is served by 1 water provider on file with the EPA.

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Results for MONTAGUE, CA

1 water provider on file serving this city.

Quick answer: MONTAGUE's water currently has an open health-based violation on file: Lead And Copper Rule Revisions, a compliance issue since 10/17/2024. This is active, not historical โ€” see the violation detail below for what EPA's enforcement record shows.

Violations on file

Lead And Copper Rule Revisions
Currently open health violation
Found at 1 of 1 provider

Contaminants found

Metals
Naturally occurring or corrosion-related elements, e.g. lead, arsenic, copper
Lead Summary
Detected: 0.00156 mg/L (ppm)
12/31/2025
Lead
Detected: 1 UG/L (ppb)
9/4/2025
A metal that can leach from old pipes, solder, and fixtures. Current medical guidance holds there is no truly safe level of lead exposure, especially for children and pregnant women.
Copper, Free
Detected: 31.3 UG/L (ppb)
9/4/2025
Disinfection Byproducts
Formed when chlorine used to disinfect water reacts with organic matter
TTHM
Detected: 120 UG/L (ppb)
8/7/2025
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.
Totalhaloaceticacids (HAA5)
Detected: 52 UG/L (ppb)
4/3/2025
Chloroform
Detected: 100 UG/L (ppb)
8/7/2025
One of the individual trihalomethane disinfection byproducts, formed when chlorine reacts with organic matter.
Bromodichloromethane
Detected: 6.6 UG/L (ppb)
8/7/2025
Dibromochloromethane
Detected: 1.4 UG/L (ppb)
5/1/2025
Calculated Parameters
Values worked out mathematically from other test results, not measured directly
Alkalinity, Bicarbonate
Detected: 178 MG/L (ppm)
10/2/2025
Alkalinity, Carbonate
Detected: 11 MG/L (ppm)
10/2/2025
Other
Additional substances tested that don't fit neatly into the categories above
Dichloroaceticacid
Detected: 17 UG/L (ppb)
4/3/2025
Trichloroaceticacid
Detected: 35 UG/L (ppb)
4/3/2025
Alkalinity, Total
Detected: 189 MG/L (ppm)
10/2/2025
Filtration considerations: General system types, not a specific product recommendation.
Contaminant Whole-House Carbon Under-Sink RO Under-Sink Carbon
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)YesYesYes
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)YesYesYes
ChloroformYesYesYes
Chlorine / TasteYesYesYes
Sediment / TurbidityYesYesYes
TrichloroethyleneYesYesYes
TetrachloroethyleneYesYesYes
cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneYesYesYes
1,1-DichloroethyleneYesYesYes
BromoformYesYesYes
BromodichloromethaneYesYesYes
DibromochloromethaneYesYesYes
1,1,2-TrichloroethaneYesYesYes
Vinyl ChlorideYesYesYes
Carbon TetrachlorideYesYesYes
BenzeneYesYesYes
TolueneYesYesYes
XyleneYesYesYes
Totalhaloaceticacids (HAA5)YesYesYes
LeadPartialYesPartial
ArsenicPartialYesPartial
Chromium-6 (Hexavalent)PartialYesPartial
CopperPartialYesPartial
Combined UraniumPartialYesPartial
PFOAPartialYes*Partial
PFOSPartialYes*Partial
NitratePartialYesPartial
Combined RadiumPartialYesPartial
DichloroaceticacidPartialYesPartial
TrichloroaceticacidPartialYesPartial
Copper, FreePartialYesPartial
Alkalinity, TotalPartialYesPartial
Coliform Bacteria (indicator)NoYesNo
Alkalinity, BicarbonateNoNoNo
Alkalinity, CarbonateNoNoNo

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