San Bernardino Valley Water District water quality
San Bernardino, CA · serves 109,608 people (1 connections) · Groundwater · Local government · EPA ID CA3610019
Data: U.S. EPA · How we read the data · How we check it
Buys water from City of San Bernardino. Treated water bought from another system can carry that system's contaminants.
Summary
No limits exceeded in the data EPA has, but the record is incomplete: no federal PFAS results.
- PFAS
- Supplier testedNo PFAS results of its own in EPA's 2023–2025 testing. It buys water from City of San Bernardino. In that testing, City of San Bernardino detected 4 PFAS, all below the federal limits. What reaches your tap depends on how much of that water this system uses and blends.
- Lead
- No resultsNo lead and copper results in EPA's national database.
- Violations
- None health-basedNo health-based violations since 2016.
- Built before 1986, or not sure what your service line is made of? Check your service line and test your tap. Utility data can't show your pipes.
- Tested your own tap? Compare your result with these numbers. Moving? Compare this system with another.
- Read San Bernardino Valley Water District's annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report). It lists every regulated contaminant tested and is usually on the utility's website or mailed with your bill, and you can also request it at (909) 387-9223. EPA: how to find it.
PFAS (“forever chemicals”)
No EPA results. No PFAS results of its own in EPA's 2023–2025 testing. It buys water from City of San Bernardino. In that testing, City of San Bernardino detected 4 PFAS, all below the federal limits. What reaches your tap depends on how much of that water this system uses and blends. Your state may have its own PFAS sampling results.
Lead and copper
No lead and copper results reported to EPA's national database for this system.
Violations
Health-based violations mean a contaminant exceeded a limit or a required treatment step was missed. Monitoring and reporting violations mean required tests or reports were late or missing, so the water's quality during that time is unknown. The total includes every violation in EPA's records, most of them paperwork.
Questions
Is San Bernardino Valley Water District water safe to drink?
San Bernardino Valley Water District has no health-based violations since 2016. There are no federal PFAS results for this system. Federal data can't tell you about your own pipes: lead comes from service lines and plumbing, so test your tap if your home was built before 1986. For the official word, read the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report.
Does San Bernardino Valley Water District water have PFAS?
Unknown from federal data. No PFAS results of its own in EPA's 2023–2025 testing. It buys water from City of San Bernardino. In that testing, City of San Bernardino detected 4 PFAS, all below the federal limits. What reaches your tap depends on how much of that water this system uses and blends.
Check these numbers yourself
Every figure on this page comes from public EPA records. You don't have to take our word for it:
- EPA's own report for CA3610019: violations, enforcement and inspections, straight from EPA.
- EPA SDWIS download: the lead results, population and violation records we use.
- The utility's annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report): ask San Bernardino Valley Water District at (909) 387-9223, or see EPA's guide to finding it.
Found something that doesn't match? Tell us and we'll check it against EPA's records. How we check our data.
Source: U.S. EPA drinking water records and PFAS testing (UCMR 5). How we read the data.