Public water system · CA4400907
ActiveSwanton Berry Farm
At a glance
Swanton Berry Farm (PWSID CA4400907) is an active transient non-community water system in Santa Cruz County, California. It reports serving 25 people through 3 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
25
Service connections
3
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Swanton Berry Farm compare with other water systems in Santa Cruz County?
By EPA's size categories, Swanton Berry Farm is a very small system (500 people or fewer). 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 less than 0.1% 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 Swanton Berry Farm is well below 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 Swanton Berry Farm?
EPA lists Swanton Berry Farm 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 Swanton Berry Farm have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2022 and October 2025. By type: 3 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (3 of them). EPA lists 2 as archived and 1 as resolved. 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. 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.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2025-07-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2022-01-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
All 3 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.
Swanton Berry Farm: frequently asked questions
Who runs Swanton Berry Farm?
Swanton Berry Farm (PWSID CA4400907) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the CA state drinking water program.
How many people does Swanton Berry Farm serve?
Swanton Berry Farm reports serving 25 people through 3 service connections in Santa Cruz County, California.
Where does Swanton Berry Farm 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 Swanton Berry Farm have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. 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 Swanton Berry Farm'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 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the CA state drinking water program.
Where can I find Swanton Berry Farm's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Swanton Berry Farm 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, “Swanton Berry Farm, PWSID CA4400907, California”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/california/swanton-berry-farm-ca4400907 (data as of October 1, 2026).