Is Fort Bragg, City of Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Mendocino

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
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2024-10-17
RPT	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2024-10-17
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2003-08-01 → 2003-08-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2003-08-01 → 2003-08-31

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
Dichloroacetic Acid	15.27 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 18.3 µg/L	59/59	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	39.16 µg/L 65% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 45 µg/L	59/59	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	14.874 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26.64 µg/L	57/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	26 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 33.23 µg/L	57/57	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	53.434 µg/L 67% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 81.66 µg/L	57/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	27.975 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 32 µg/L	56/59	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	17.16 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 30.56 µg/L	54/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	21/21	LCR	2024
Dibromoacetic Acid	9.895 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11 µg/L	18/59	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	11.3145 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11.78 µg/L	8/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	150 µg/L 3.8% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	5/22	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	6.87 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.2 µg/L	4/59	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	470 µg/L 4.7% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	4/60	SYR4	2012–2019
Thallium, Total	1.4 µg/L 70% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	1/22	SYR4	2012–2019

72 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAsbestosAtrazineBariumBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCopperCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDinosebEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaLassoMercuryMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitritePfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: SMITH, JOHN
Phone: 707-961-2845
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Fort Bragg, City of

Is Fort Bragg, City of tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 14 contaminants in Fort Bragg, City of'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 Fort Bragg, City of's water?

EPA monitoring detected Dichloroacetic Acid, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, TTHM, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Fort Bragg, City of serve?

Fort Bragg, City of reports serving 6,919 people in California, per its EPA record.

Has Fort Bragg, City of had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 4 violations on file for Fort Bragg, City of, of which 1 is health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 2 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.