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What EPA’s and California’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
25 people
Connections
3
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Sacramento, CA
County
Yolo
Owner
Private
Hardness
Very hard

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, and 2 more are above the health goal. The worst: Nitrate, above the legal limit. 18 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Nitrate, arsenic, uranium, chromium (total) and fluoride: California’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 8, 2022 to July 6, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit1

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Above the legal limit

24ppm

Highest sample; found in 23 of 23

2026 average: 21.8 ppm

From 2022 to 2026, 21 samples were above EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm, the highest 24 ppm in 2026. The next sample at the same point, within 30 days, kept the average above the limit for one; 20 have no follow-up sample on file within 30 days. That was also the latest year on file, and its four samples averaged 21.8 ppm, above the limit. EPA recorded violations for nitrate at this utility in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 15 ppm, in 2017, and EPA recorded a violation in 2017.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Above the health goal2

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

2.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

2025, one sample: 2.0 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.2 ppb, in 2024: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. In 2025, the latest year on file, its one sample was 2.0 ppb.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2024

2024, one sample: 1.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.6 ppb, in 2022: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 1.4 ppb.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits2

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

38.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

2025 average: 24 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 38.5 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. Its highest single sample was 53 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 24 ppb.

What handles it

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.17ppm

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

2025, one sample: 0.15 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.17 ppm, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2025, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.15 ppm.

What handles it

One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Lead

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge), Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Nitrate, Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Uranium

    For: Nitrate, Arsenic, Uranium

    Other certifiers’ wording: Nitrate; Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

These come with the water itself, so a whole-house system certified for the same claims treats every tap and shower. A filter at the tap treats drinking water for much less. How whole-house systems compare.

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Hardness

Very hard, typically 400 mg/L (23.4 grains per gallon), across 2 sampling points, 2022 to 2025.

Hardness is calcium and magnesium. EPA sets no limit for it: it shows up as scale on fixtures and in water heaters, and as soap that won’t lather. USGS calls water above 60 mg/L moderately hard, above 120 hard and above 180 very hard.

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
NitrateThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2026 to June 30, 202624 MG/LArchived
NitrateThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2026 to March 31, 202619 MG/LArchived
NitrateThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 202521 MG/LArchived
NitrateThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2025 to June 30, 202521 MG/LArchived
NitrateThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2025 to March 31, 202517 MG/LArchived
NitrateThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2024 to Dec. 31, 202420 MG/LArchived
NitrateThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2024 to Sept. 30, 202420 MG/LArchived
NitrateA sample was above the legal limit, for a contaminant judged one sample at a time.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single SampleJan. 1, 2024 to March 31, 202421 MG/LArchived
NitrateA sample was above the legal limit, for a contaminant judged one sample at a time.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single SampleOct. 1, 2023 to Dec. 31, 202319 MG/LArchived
NitrateThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2023 to Sept. 30, 202318 MG/LArchived
NitrateThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2023 to June 30, 202311 MG/LArchived
NitrateThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2022 to Dec. 31, 202211 MG/LArchived
NitrateThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2022 to Sept. 30, 202213 MG/LArchived
NitrateThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2022 to June 30, 202215 MG/LArchived
NitrateThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2022 to March 31, 202214 MG/LArchived
NitrateThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 202113.9 MG/LArchived
NitrateThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2021 to June 30, 202113 MG/LArchived
NitrateThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJune 1, 2017 to June 30, 201711.9 MG/LResolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 5 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Nitrate, arsenic, uranium, chromium (total) and fluoride results here are California’s own from 2022 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Bonfire Village Hotel’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; California’s results run from Feb. 8, 2022 to July 6, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Bonfire Village Hotel’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab California certifies.

No lab California certifies is within 75 miles of the area Bonfire Village Hotel serves on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

All 145 certified labs for California

Sources

PWSID CA5700555. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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