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Owners Assoc of Beach Club Condos

What EPA’s and Washington’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
31 people
Connections
22
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Lummi Island, WA
County
Whatcom
Owner
Private
Hardness
Moderately hard

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit. The worst: Arsenic, above the legal limit. 5 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Arsenic, nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5): Washington’s own results, samples taken from July 1, 2020 to Sept. 8, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit1

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the legal limit

42.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2023 to 2026

Averaged by year, the highest was 42.4 ppb, in 2026, about 4.2 times EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb. Its highest single sample was 238 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. EPA recorded a violation for arsenic at this utility in 2026.

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 limits3

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

8.9ppm

Highest sample; found in 39 of 42

2026 average: 2.9 ppm

The highest sample, in 2021, was 8.9 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its nine samples averaged 2.9 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 14.3 ppm, in 2015, and EPA recorded violations in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

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

30.8ppb

Highest yearly average, 2023 to 2026

Averaged by year, the highest was 30.8 ppb, in 2026, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 36.5 ppb, in 2012.

What handles it

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

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

10.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2023 to 2026

2026, one sample: 8.0 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 10.2 ppb, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 8.0 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 11.9 ppb, in 2012.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

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

Moderately hard, 82 mg/L (4.8 grains per gallon), at its one sampling point, in 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

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
ArsenicA sample was above the legal limit, for a contaminant judged one sample at a time.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single SampleApril 1, 2026 to June 30, 20260.056 MG/LArchived
Groundwater RuleRequired treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Jan. 1, 2022 to Jan. 31, 2022—Resolved
Groundwater RuleRequired treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Nov. 1, 2021 to Nov. 30, 2021—Resolved
NitrateA sample was above the legal limit, for a contaminant judged one sample at a time.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single SampleJan. 1, 2017 to Dec. 31, 201711 MG/LResolved
NitrateA sample was above the legal limit, for a contaminant judged one sample at a time.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single SampleJan. 1, 2016 to Dec. 31, 201611 MG/LResolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 2 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5) results here are Washington’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Owners Assoc of Beach Club Condos’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; Washington’s results run from July 1, 2020 to Sept. 8, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Owners Assoc of Beach Club Condos’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 Washington certifies.

No lab Washington certifies is within 75 miles of the area Owners Assoc of Beach Club Condos serves on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

All 84 certified labs for Washington

Sources

PWSID WA5329746. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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