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What EPA’s and Washington’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
2,687 people
Connections
2,082
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Ocean Park, WA
County
Pacific
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

98640

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, and 2 more are above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), above the legal limit. 3 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2003 to 2024.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5) and nitrate: Washington’s own results, samples taken from July 27, 2020 to Sept. 14, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Arsenic, fluoride and chromium (total): EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Sept. 10, 2018 to Sept. 10, 2018. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the legal limit1

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the legal limit

86.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

Averaged by year, the highest was 86.6 ppb, in 2026, above EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 115 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. EPA recorded a violation for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility in 2026. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 83.4 ppb, in 2015, and EPA recorded a violation in 2015.

What handles it

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

Above the health goal2

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

4.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2018

Averaged by year, the highest was 4.0 ppb, in 2018: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That is the only 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”

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

4.0ppb

90th percentile, 2022 to 2024

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 4.0 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

Below EPA’s limits3

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

33ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 23 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 33 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 45.1 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its six samples averaged 23 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 31.3 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.29ppm

Highest yearly average, 2018

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.29 ppm, in 2018, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.17ppm

Highest sample; found in 4 of 5

2025, one sample: 0.17 ppm

The highest sample, in 2025, was 0.17 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That was also the latest year on file, and its one sample was 0.17 ppm.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Chromium (total)

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: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Arsenic, Lead

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

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Arsenic, Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2026 to June 30, 202691.9 UG/LArchived
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2026 to March 31, 202685.3 UG/LArchived
Revised Total Coliform RuleE. coli was confirmed in the water system.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, E. coli (RTCR)Oct. 1, 2025 to Oct. 31, 2025—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 3 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5) and nitrate results here are Washington’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Arsenic, fluoride and chromium (total) come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Surfside Homeowners’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has newer results for those and 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 27, 2020 to Sept. 14, 2026; EPA’s compliance samples are from Sept. 10, 2018 to Sept. 10, 2018.

Testing your own tap

Surfside Homeowners’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.

The 3 labs Washington certifies closest to the area Surfside Homeowners serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Pacific County DCD WQ Laboratory

    South Bend, WA · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (360) 875-9356

  • Lewis County Environmental Health Laboratory

    Chehalis, WA · about 46 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (360) 740-1237

  • Grays Harbor County Water Testing Lab

    Montesano, WA · about 47 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (360) 249-4413

All 84 certified labs for Washington

Sources

PWSID WA5386470. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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