Brandeis Bardin Institute
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
- 665 people
- Connections
- 50
- Water source
- Surface water bought from another system
- Based in
- Simi Valley, CA
- County
- Ventura
- Owner
- Private
The ZIP code it serves
The short answer
Nothing in EPA’s and California’s records for this utility is above a health goal. That covers nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, plus lead and copper, not everything. No health-based violations on file since 2016.
What was found
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5): California’s own results, samples taken from July 27, 2020 to May 7, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.
Below EPA’s limits2
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Forms or is added in treatment
32.3ppb
Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026
2026 average: 18.5 ppb
Averaged by year, the highest was 32.3 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 46 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 18.5 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 42 ppb, in 2015.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Forms or is added in treatment
13ppb
Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026
2026 average: 11 ppb
Averaged by year, the highest was 13 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 19 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 11 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 37 ppb, in 2019.
What handles it
No certification claim covers this compound yet.
One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
- Lead
Violations since 2016
No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 2 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.
What this report can’t tell you
Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5) results here are California’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Brandeis Bardin Institute’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 July 27, 2020 to May 7, 2026.
Testing your own tap
The 3 labs California certifies closest to the area Brandeis Bardin Institute serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Pat-Chem Laboratories
San Fernando, CA · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
Camrosa Water District Wastewater Laboratory
Camarillo, CA · about 21 miles
Certified for bacteria
Fruit Growers Laboratory, Inc.
Santa Paula, CA · about 23 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
Sources
- EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, file of Oct. 15, 2026
- EPA SDWA bulk download (SDWIS federal data), 2026 Q3
- California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, results from Jan. 1, 2020 to July 17, 2026, read Oct. 8, 2026
- EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, file of Feb. 5, 2024
- Certified labs: California State Water Resources Control Board, ELAP accredited laboratories and their fields of accreditation, read Oct. 17, 2026; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer
- Limits and goals: each contaminant’s page, with its EPA source.
- How this page is built: methodology.
PWSID CA5603301. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.
What to do next
- Nothing here is above a health goalIn EPA’s and California’s records for this utility. They don’t cover everything, which is why the next step matters.Every contaminant TapBuff tracks
- Get the utility’s own reportBrandeis Bardin Institute must send you a water quality report every year. It covers contaminants this page does not show.How to read it
- Test your own tap for leadYour service line, solder and fixtures decide the lead at your faucet, not the utility’s average.Lead in your water: what to do
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded