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Hynes Estates Mutual Water Co.

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
168 people
Connections
53
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Anaheim, CA
County
Orange
Owner
Private
Hardness
Very hard
The 2 ZIP codes it serves

90680, 92804

The short answer

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

What handles it

What was found

Uranium, arsenic, nitrate, fluoride, chromium (total) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM): California’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 4, 2020 to June 17, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal2

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

30ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 22.6 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 30 ppb, in 2024: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 33.1 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 22.6 ppb. EPA recorded no violation for uranium at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 24.3 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 1.7 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.7 ppb, in 2025: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 3.9 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 1.7 ppb.

What handles it

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

Below EPA’s limits4

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

6.7ppm

Highest sample; found in 48 of 48

2026 average: 5.1 ppm

The highest sample, in 2024, was 6.7 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 5.1 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 6.9 ppm, in 2013.

What handles it

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

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.48ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 0.44 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.48 ppm, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 0.51 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 0.44 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.46 ppm, in 2012.

What handles it

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

2.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.7 ppb, in 2026, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. Its highest single sample was 3.1 ppb. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.49ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 0.33 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.49 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 1.2 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its four samples averaged 0.33 ppb.

What handles it

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

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

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

  • NSF/ANSI 58

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

    For: Uranium, Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: 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.

Filters with those claims on a certifier’s listing

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Hardness

Very hard, typically 418 mg/L (24.5 grains per gallon), across 2 sampling points, 2019 to 2026.

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.

Softeners compared at 24.5 grains per gallon, salt includedSoftener or salt-free conditioner?California water hardness, utility by utility

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—Unaddressed
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 1 monitoring or reporting violation not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Uranium, arsenic, nitrate, fluoride, chromium (total) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) results here are California’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Hynes Estates Mutual Water Co.’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. 4, 2020 to June 17, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Hynes Estates Mutual Water Co.’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 Hynes Estates Mutual Water Co. serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • AIH Laboratory, Inc.

    Anaheim, CA · about 3 miles

    Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (562) 860-2201

  • Food Microbiological Laboratories, Inc.

    Cypress, CA · about 3 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (714) 657-7527

  • Onterris Laboratories, LLC - Anaheim

    Anaheim, CA · about 6 miles

    Certified for organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (714) 771-6900

All 145 certified labs for California

Sources

PWSID CA3000519. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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