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Tamarack Lodge

At a glance

Tamarack Lodge (PWSID CA3107328) is an active transient non-community water system in Placer County, California. It reports serving 47 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDCA3107328

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served47

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyCA state drinking water program

City served—

StateCalifornia

ZIP—

CountyPlacer County

How does Tamarack Lodge compare with other water systems in Placer County?

By EPA's size categories, Tamarack Lodge is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Placer County has 116 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 3,692 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 428,242 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 Tamarack Lodge 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 Tamarack Lodge?

EPA lists Tamarack Lodge 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. 78 of the 116 active systems in Placer County (67%) are also privately owned.

Does Tamarack Lodge have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. The violations listed here began between December 2014 and July 2025. By type: 9 monitoring and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (9 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
2025-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2022-06-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-02-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-02-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2014-12-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	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.

Tamarack Lodge: frequently asked questions

Who runs Tamarack Lodge?

Tamarack Lodge (PWSID CA3107328) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the CA state drinking water program.

How many people does Tamarack Lodge serve?

Tamarack Lodge reports serving 47 people through 1 service connection in Placer County, California.

Where does Tamarack Lodge 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 Tamarack Lodge have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 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 Tamarack Lodge'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; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the CA state drinking water program.

Where can I find Tamarack Lodge's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Tamarack Lodge 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 Placer County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
City of Roseville	Placer	155,612	Community	Surface water
Placer Cwa - Foothill	Placer	89,544	Community	Surface water
City of Lincoln	Placer	54,538	Community	Purchased surface water
Placer Cwa - Auburn/Bowman	Placer	27,294	Community	Surface water
Northstar C.S.D.	Placer	15,452	Community	Surface water
Cal Am - West Placer	Placer	8,861	Community	Purchased 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, “Tamarack Lodge, PWSID CA3107328, California”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/california/tamarack-lodge-ca3107328 (data as of October 1, 2026).