Skip to content
TapBuff
ZIP

Smiley Park 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
370 people
Connections
114
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Running Springs, CA
County
San Bernardino
Owner
Private
Hardness
Moderately hard
The ZIP code it serves

92382

The short answer

2 results are above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the health goal. 2 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2015 to 2025.

Uranium, fluoride, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), arsenic, chromium (total) and nitrate: California’s own results, samples taken from Sept. 15, 2020 to Nov. 12, 2025, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal2

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

6.1ppb

90th percentile, 2023 to 2025

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 6.1 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

4.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022

Averaged by year, the highest was 4.2 ppb, in 2022: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That is the only year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 4.2 ppb, in 2018.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits2

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.14ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2023

2023: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.14 ppm, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2023, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.23 ppm, in 2016.

What handles it

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.9 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 1.8 ppb. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)
  • Nitrate

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.”

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

Filters with those claims on a certifier’s listing

Disclosure: TapBuff earns a commission if you buy through some links on this page. It does not change which standard or filter we name. As an Amazon Associate, TapBuff earns from qualifying purchases. How TapBuff makes money

Compare five-year costs

The best water filters for lead, ranked

Hardness

Moderately hard, 104 mg/L (6.1 grains per gallon), at its one sampling point, 2019 to 2022.

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 6.1 grains per gallon, salt includedSoftener or salt-free conditioner?California water hardness, utility by utility

Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Revised Total Coliform RuleE. coli was confirmed in the water system.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, E. coli (RTCR)Jan. 1, 2026 to Jan. 31, 2026—Resolved
Revised Total Coliform RuleE. coli was confirmed in the water system.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, E. coli (RTCR)March 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025—Resolved
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, fluoride, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), arsenic, chromium (total) and nitrate results here are California’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Smiley Park Country Club’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 Sept. 15, 2020 to Nov. 12, 2025.

Testing your own tap

Smiley Park 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 Smiley Park Country Club serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • BSK Associates - San Bernardino Analytical Laboratory

    San Bernardino, CA · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (559) 497-2888

  • Clinical Laboratory of San Bernardino, Inc.

    Grand Terrace, CA · about 17 miles

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

    (909) 825-7693

  • Geo-Monitor, Inc

    Hesperia, CA · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (760) 244-3481

All 145 certified labs for California

Sources

PWSID CA3600260. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

Towns it serves

Also in San Bernardino County

All California utilities

What to do next