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Walnut Acres

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
106 people
Connections
32
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Stockton, CA
County
San Joaquin
Owner
Local government
Hardness
Very hard
The ZIP code it serves

95215

The short answer

3 results are above the health goal. The worst: Nitrate, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Nitrate, uranium, arsenic, chromium (total), fluoride and total trihalomethanes (TTHM): California’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 11, 2020 to June 11, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal3

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

11.7ppm

Highest sample; found in 15 of 15

2026 average: 8.3 ppm

From 2025 to 2026, two samples were above EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm, the highest 11.7 ppm in 2025. One came back under the limit on the next sample at the same point and one has no follow-up sample on file within 30 days. 10 ppm is also EPA’s health goal. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 8.3 ppm. EPA recorded no violation for nitrate at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 8.7 ppm, in 2012.

What handles it

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

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

17.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2023

2023, one sample: 12.3 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 17.9 ppb, in 2020: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. In 2023, the latest year on file, its one sample was 12.3 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 6.8 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

3.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 3.0 ppb, in 2024: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 2.5 ppb, in 2015.

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 limits1

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

15ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 15 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 12.5 ppb, in 2018.

What handles it

3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Fluoride
  • 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: Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge), Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Nitrate, Arsenic

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

  • NSF/ANSI 58

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

    For: Nitrate, Uranium, Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Nitrate; 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

Very hard, typically 314 mg/L (18.4 grains per gallon), across 2 sampling points, 2021 to 2024.

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.

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Violations since 2016

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

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Nitrate, uranium, arsenic, chromium (total), fluoride and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) results here are California’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Walnut Acres’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. 11, 2020 to June 11, 2026.

Testing your own tap

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

  • Fruit Growers Laboratory, Inc.

    Stockton, CA · about 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (209) 942-0182

  • San Joaquin County Public Health Laboratory

    Stockton, CA · about 6 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (209) 468-3460

  • Precision Enviro-Tech

    Stockton, CA · about 8 miles

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

    (209) 405-0601

All 145 certified labs for California

Sources

PWSID CA3901113. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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