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Bracken Brae Country Club

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
52 people
Connections
24
Water source
Surface water bought from another system
Based in
Boulder Creek, CA
County
Santa Cruz
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

95006

The short answer

2 results are above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, above the health goal. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Haloacetic acids (HAA5) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM): California’s own results, samples taken from Nov. 4, 2021 to Aug. 29, 2023, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Arsenic, uranium, fluoride, nitrate and chromium (total): EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from May 16, 2012 to Feb. 12, 2018. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal2

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.8ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2015

2015 average: 0.7 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.8 ppb, in 2014: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. In 2015, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 0.7 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

0.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2017 to 2018

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.7 ppb, in 2018: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits4

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

14ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2023

Averaged by year, the highest was 14 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 17 ppb, in 2018.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

16ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2023

Averaged by year, the highest was 16 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 25 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.26ppm

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2015

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.26 ppm, in 2015, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 0.42 ppm. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.43ppm

Highest sample; found in 3 of 9

2015 average: 0.28 ppm

The highest sample, in 2015, was 0.43 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That was also the latest year on file, and its three samples averaged 0.28 ppm.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Chromium (total)
  • 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

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

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

  • NSF/ANSI 58

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

    For: Arsenic, Uranium

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

At the tap, or for the whole house?

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Lead and Copper Rule RevisionsThe required inventory of lead service lines was not completed or submitted on time.EPA: LSL InventoryOct. 17, 2024—Addressed
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 6 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) results here are California’s own from 2021 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Arsenic, uranium, fluoride, nitrate and chromium (total) come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Bracken Brae Country Club’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has newer results for those and 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 Nov. 4, 2021 to Aug. 29, 2023; EPA’s compliance samples are from May 16, 2012 to Feb. 12, 2018.

Testing your own tap

Bracken Brae Country Club’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.

The 3 labs California certifies closest to the area Bracken Brae Country Club serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Santa Cruz County - Health Services Agency - Environmental Health

    Santa Cruz, CA · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (831) 454-4624

  • Torrent Laboratory, Inc

    Milpitas, CA · about 22 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS

    (408) 263-5258

  • AEMTEK, Inc

    Fremont, CA · about 25 miles

    Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics

    (510) 979-1979

All 145 certified labs for California

Sources

PWSID CA4400604. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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