Searles Valley, CA tap water
Supplied by Searles Valley Minerals Operations Inc. Here's what its water means for your fish.
Disinfectant
Chlorine
Your water is treated with chlorine. It slowly gases off from standing water, and any water conditioner removes it.
Safety for fish and shrimp
Nitrate (NO₃)
Up to 12 ppm (Low)
Typical 5.8 ppm
Water changes can't take your tank's nitrate below this level.
From California Water Board lab results, measured before treatment (2023–2025).
Copper at home taps
Not detected (Low)
Not detected in testing. Water that sits in household pipes overnight can still pick some up.
From California Water Board lab results (2024).
Water chemistry
General hardness
7–370 ppm
Typical 16 ppm
Soft. Good for tetras, rasboras and most shrimp. Livebearers, snails and African cichlids prefer harder water.
From California Water Board lab results, measured before treatment (2023).
Carbonate hardness (alkalinity)
86–180 ppm
Typical 120 ppm
Strong buffering. pH stays steady and hard to lower without RO water.
From California Water Board lab results, measured before treatment (2023).
pH
7.8–9.3
Typical 8.8
Alkaline. Many utilities raise pH to protect pipes. Stability matters more than the exact number.
From California Water Board lab results, measured before treatment (2023).
Total dissolved solids
230–1100 ppm
Typical 270 ppm
A rough measure of everything dissolved in the water. RO water reads near 0, so TDS is a quick way to compare waters.
From California Water Board lab results, measured before treatment (2023–2026).
Who supplies Searles Valley, CA
Searles Valley Minerals Operations Inc
Serves all residents · Groundwater (wells) · Chlorine
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