Is Citrus Heights Water District Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Sacramento

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2007-04-01 → 2007-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2007-04-01 → 2007-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2007-04-01 → 2007-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2007-04-01 → 2007-06-30

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Nitrate	2938 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 3800 µg/L	88/88	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	22/22	LCR	2024
Barium	127.5 µg/L 6.4% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 130 µg/L	6/13	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Uranium	2.0562 µg/L 6.9% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 2.086 µg/L	5/9	SYR4	2013–2017
Fluoride	188 µg/L 4.7% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 190 µg/L	5/11	SYR4	2012–2019
Lithium	18 µg/L No EPA limit set	4/12	UCMR-5	2025
Arsenic	4.51 µg/L 45% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 4.6 µg/L	3/13	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	2690 µg/L 27% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 2700 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2017–2019
Lead	7.2 µg/L 48% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L	1/13	SYR4	2012–2019

96 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,3,7,8-TCDD2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromodichloromethaneBromoformChlorobenzeneCopperCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChloroformChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDibromochloromethaneDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTTHMTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: JORDAN, TODD
Phone: 916-899-9534
Email: tjordan@chwd.org

Frequently asked questions about Citrus Heights Water District

Is Citrus Heights Water District tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 9 contaminants in Citrus Heights Water District's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Citrus Heights Water District's water?

EPA monitoring detected Nitrate, Lead, Barium, Combined Uranium, Fluoride, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Citrus Heights Water District serve?

Citrus Heights Water District reports serving 67,818 people in California, per its EPA record.

Has Citrus Heights Water District had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 4 violations on file for Citrus Heights Water District, of which 0 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.