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Juniper Riviera CWD

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
858 people
Connections
261
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Apple Valley, CA
County
San Bernardino
Owner
Local government
Hardness
Varies by source
The ZIP code it serves

92308

The short answer

2 results are above the limit’s level with no violation recorded, and 1 more is above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, above the limit’s level, no violation. 3 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Arsenic, fluoride, uranium, nitrate, haloacetic acids (HAA5), chromium (total) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM): California’s own results, samples taken from Jan. 13, 2020 to Jan. 28, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the limit’s level, no violation recorded2

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the limit’s level, no violation

14ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 14 ppb, in 2024, above EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. EPA judges this limit on running averages at each sampling point, and recorded no violation for arsenic at this utility since 2020. Results like these with no violation often include water sampled before treatment or blending; the utility’s annual report says what reaches the tap. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 12 ppb, in 2014.

What handles it

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

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the limit’s level, no violation

4.5ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 0.5 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 4.5 ppm, in 2024, above EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 8.1 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.5 ppm. EPA judges this limit on running averages at each sampling point, and recorded no violation for fluoride at this utility since 2020. Results like these with no violation often include water sampled before treatment or blending; the utility’s annual report says what reaches the tap. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 4.3 ppm, in 2014.

What handles it

Above the health goal1

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

4.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025

2025 average: 3.7 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 4.4 ppb, in 2023: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 5.5 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, its five samples averaged 3.7 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 25.9 ppb, in 2016.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits2

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

2.1ppm

Highest sample; found in 18 of 19

2026, one sample: 1.9 ppm

The highest sample, in 2021, was 2.1 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 1.9 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 2.1 ppm, in 2017.

What handles it

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

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.28ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025

2025: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.28 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 1.1 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in any of its two samples.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Chromium (total)
  • Lead
  • Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

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: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Fluoride

    For: Arsenic, Fluoride

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

  • NSF/ANSI 58

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

    For: Arsenic, Fluoride, Uranium

    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.

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Hardness

Soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 58 to 110 mg/L (3.4 to 6.4 grains per gallon), across 3 sampling points, 2019 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.

Softeners compared, 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
FluorideThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2017 to March 31, 20182.1 MG/LArchived
FluorideThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2016 to Sept. 30, 20172.1 MG/LArchived
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 8 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, fluoride, uranium, nitrate, haloacetic acids (HAA5), chromium (total) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) results here are California’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Juniper Riviera CWD’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 Jan. 13, 2020 to Jan. 28, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Juniper Riviera CWD’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 Juniper Riviera CWD serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Geo-Monitor, Inc

    Hesperia, CA · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (760) 244-3481

  • BSK Associates - San Bernardino Analytical Laboratory

    San Bernardino, CA · about 26 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (559) 497-2888

  • Clinical Laboratory of San Bernardino, Inc.

    Grand Terrace, CA · about 29 miles

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

    (909) 825-7693

All 145 certified labs for California

Sources

PWSID CA3600222. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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