Good news for folks in Homestead Valley, the Drinking Water Quality Report for 2018 indicates all state and federal drinking water standards were met. Here’s reporter Mike Lipsitz with some of the details…
The Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency actually manages three separate water systems. One pipes potable drinking water to the residents of West Landers and Flamingo Heights, another brings water into homes of folks around Goat Mountain and the eastern part of Landers, and for residents of Johnson Valley, the agency maintains a bulk water hauling station. The annual report, released this July, shows that in the more than 1,500 samples from various locations throughout the district the water agency had no violations of maximum contaminant level or secondary water quality standards. The standards are set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and California Division of Drinking Water.
Lead and coliform bacteria were not found anywhere in the system; however, low, acceptable levels of arsenic a poisonous but naturally occurring mineral, and chromium six, a metallic element were detected. These are measured in the parts per billion, and all samples were in acceptable levels. The full report may be founds online at http://www.bdvwa.org/ccr.
