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Madera Co CSA 22c Gunner Ranch

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

Serves
3,050 people
Connections
20
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Madera, CA
County
Madera
Owner
Local government
Hardness
Varies by source

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Arsenic, nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, haloacetic acids (HAA5), chromium (total) and uranium: California’s own results, samples taken from Dec. 9, 2020 to June 23, 2026.

Above the health goal1

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

3.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

Averaged by year, the highest was 3.2 ppb, in 2026: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That was also the latest year on file.

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 limits5

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

3.0ppm

Highest sample; found in 10 of 11

2026 average: 1.7 ppm

The highest sample, in 2023, was 3.0 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 1.7 ppm.

What handles it

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

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

6.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2026

Averaged by year, the highest was 6.7 ppb, in 2026, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. That was also the latest year on file.

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

0.17ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.17 ppm, in 2026, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 0.18 ppm. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

2.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2026

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.0 ppb, in 2026, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 4.0 ppb. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

1.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.3 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample.

What handles it

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

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

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: 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.

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Hardness

Soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 59 to 71 mg/L (3.4 to 4.2 grains per gallon), across 2 sampling points, 2025 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, salt includedSoftener or salt-free conditioner?California water hardness, utility by utility

Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, haloacetic acids (HAA5), chromium (total) and uranium results here are California’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Madera Co CSA 22c Gunner Ranch’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 Dec. 9, 2020 to June 23, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Madera Co CSA 22c Gunner Ranch’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 Madera Co CSA 22c Gunner Ranch 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 CA2010019. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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