Public water system · CA4400726
ActiveSeventh Day Adventist Camp
At a glance
Seventh Day Adventist Camp (PWSID CA4400726) is an active transient non-community water system in Santa Cruz County, California. It reports serving 578 people through 202 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2021.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
578
Service connections
202
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Seventh Day Adventist Camp compare with other water systems in Santa Cruz County?
By EPA's size categories, Seventh Day Adventist Camp is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Santa Cruz County has 96 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 2,856 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 274,204 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across California, the 7,479 active systems average 5,706 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Seventh Day Adventist Camp is about 4 times that figure.
What does “transient non-community water system” mean?
A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. California has 3,016 active transient non-community water systems, 40% of the state's 7,479 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 6,179 California systems (83%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Seventh Day Adventist Camp?
EPA lists Seventh Day Adventist Camp as privately owned. The CA state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 76 of the 96 active systems in Santa Cruz County (79%) are also privately owned.
Does Seventh Day Adventist Camp have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2021. The violations listed here began between October 1982 and October 2021. By type: 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 1 monitoring, 1 monitoring and reporting and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminants or rules involved are Revised Total Coliform Rule, Nitrate and Total coliform bacteria (TCR). EPA lists 3 as resolved and 2 as archived. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2021-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 2010-12-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | Yes | Resolved |
| 1982-12-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherNotification, Public · code 06 | Not reported | No | Archived |
| 1982-10-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherNotification, Public · code 06 | Not reported | No | Archived |
All 5 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.
Seventh Day Adventist Camp: frequently asked questions
Who runs Seventh Day Adventist Camp?
Seventh Day Adventist Camp (PWSID CA4400726) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the CA state drinking water program.
How many people does Seventh Day Adventist Camp serve?
Seventh Day Adventist Camp reports serving 578 people through 202 service connections in Santa Cruz County, California.
Where does Seventh Day Adventist Camp get its water?
EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.
Does Seventh Day Adventist Camp have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2021. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.
Is Seventh Day Adventist Camp's water safe to drink?
AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2021. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the CA state drinking water program.
Where can I find Seventh Day Adventist Camp's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Seventh Day Adventist Camp is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.
Other water systems in Santa Cruz County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz Water Department | Santa Cruz | 94,626 | Community | Surface water |
| Watsonville, City of | Santa Cruz | 65,231 | Community | Surface water |
| Soquel Creek Water District | Santa Cruz | 40,809 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| San Lorenzo Valley Water Dist | Santa Cruz | 21,145 | Community | Surface water |
| Cabrillo College | Santa Cruz | 12,000 | Non-transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Scotts Valley Water District | Santa Cruz | 11,197 | Community | Groundwater |
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About this data
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: AquaCensus, “Seventh Day Adventist Camp, PWSID CA4400726, California”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/california/seventh-day-adventist-camp-ca4400726 (data as of October 1, 2026).