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Sweet Briar Camp

At a glance

Sweet Briar Camp (PWSID CA4500237) is an active transient non-community water system in Shasta County, California. It reports serving 70 people through 56 service connections. Its primary water source is surface water, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 9 are health-based, and the most recent began in February 2020.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Surface water

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDCA4500237

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served70

Service connections56

Primary water sourceSurface water

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyCA state drinking water program

City served—

StateCalifornia

ZIP—

CountyShasta County

How does Sweet Briar Camp compare with other water systems in Shasta County?

By EPA's size categories, Sweet Briar Camp is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Shasta County has 174 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,208 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 210,209 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 Sweet Briar Camp is about half of 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. Surface water means the system draws its water from rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs. 609 California systems (8.1%) list surface water as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Sweet Briar Camp?

EPA lists Sweet Briar 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. 117 of the 174 active systems in Shasta County (67%) are also privately owned.

Does Sweet Briar Camp have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 9 are health-based, and the most recent began in February 2020. The violations listed here began between June 2002 and February 2020. By type: 8 required treatment not met, 1 contaminant level above the legal limit and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Surface Water Treatment Rule (7 of them). EPA lists 10 as resolved. 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
2020-02-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, E. coli (RTCR) · code 1A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Resolved
2017-11-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-01-01	Required treatment not metMonthly Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR) · code 44	Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0300	Yes	Resolved
2002-12-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Resolved
2002-11-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Resolved
2002-10-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Resolved
2002-09-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Resolved
2002-08-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Resolved
2002-07-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Resolved
2002-06-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Resolved

All 10 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.

Sweet Briar Camp: frequently asked questions

Who runs Sweet Briar Camp?

Sweet Briar Camp (PWSID CA4500237) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the CA state drinking water program.

How many people does Sweet Briar Camp serve?

Sweet Briar Camp reports serving 70 people through 56 service connections in Shasta County, California.

Where does Sweet Briar Camp get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as surface water. Surface water means the system draws its water from rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs.

Does Sweet Briar Camp have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 9 are health-based, and the most recent began in February 2020. 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 Sweet Briar 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 10 violations for this system; 9 are health-based, and the most recent began in February 2020. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the CA state drinking water program.

Where can I find Sweet Briar Camp's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Sweet Briar 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 Shasta County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
City of Redding	Shasta	89,628	Community	Surface water
Bella Vista Water District	Shasta	18,612	Community	Surface water
City of Anderson	Shasta	11,147	Community	Groundwater
City of Shasta Lake	Shasta	10,657	Community	Surface water
Shasta District Fair	Shasta	10,200	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Clear Creek Csd-Anderson	Shasta	8,900	Community	Surface water

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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, “Sweet Briar Camp, PWSID CA4500237, California”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/california/sweet-briar-camp-ca4500237 (data as of October 1, 2026).