Community Water System · PWS CA3500505
Thousand Trails San Benito Preserve
Operator location Paicines, California - 42% of 77 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,017 served per SDWIS.
- 1,017
- People served (this PWS)
- 77
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 32
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Thousand Trails San Benito Preserve standing, high SDWIS violation third
42% of 77 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 42% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #19,265 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Thousand Trails San Benito Preserve sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (77), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,017 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 42% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #19,265 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,163 of 1,701
- Population · CA
- 77
- Total EPA violations on record
- 42%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 365
- County
- San Benito
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 30
- Monitoring Violations
- 39
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 28 | 2015 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 14 | 2009 |
| E. COLI | MR | 12 | 2016 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 9 | 2025 |
| Public Notice | Other | 5 | 2006 |
| Nitrate | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Fluoride | MCL | 2 | 2019 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | TT | 2 | 2023 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Thousand Trails San Benito Preserve has 77 recorded EPA violations, 67% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 32% carry more. 42% of this system's own violations are health-based (32 of 77), and it ranks #19,265 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
77 Around the middle fewer violations than 32% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFTrDA | 6/27/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/27/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 6/27/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/27/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 6/27/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 6/27/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 6/27/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 6/27/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 6/27/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 6/27/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 6/27/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 6/27/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/27/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/27/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/27/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/27/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/27/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/27/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/27/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 6/27/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/27/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/27/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/27/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/27/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/27/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/27/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/27/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/27/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/27/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 4/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 4/4/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 4/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 4/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 4/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/4/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/4/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 4/4/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 4/4/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/4/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 4/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 4/4/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Thousand Trails San Benito Preserve
32 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for CA3500505.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
77 violations · 1,017 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Thousand Trails San Benito Preserve
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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