City Of Fountain Valley, CA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About City Of Fountain Valley
City Of Fountain Valley serves about 56,747 people through 17,149 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Orange County, California. EPA system ID: CA3010069; phone on file: 714-593-4609. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
City Of Fountain Valley's lead record
That is up 6 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Fountain Valley is 6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other California systems
Of the 2,884 California systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 30 are over 15 ppb right now and 215 have gone over at some point. City Of Fountain Valley's 6 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in California and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
39 other systems share Orange County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than City Of Fountain Valley. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Irvine Ranch Water District | 450,323 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Anaheim | 350,254 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Santa Ana | 316,184 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Huntington Beach | 201,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Garden Grove | 174,226 | 0 (not detected) |
| Moulton Niguel Water District | 168,315 | 0 (not detected) |
| Santa Margarita Water District | 165,275 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Fullerton | 140,054 | 1.5 ppb |
| City Of Orange | 120,770 | 2.33 ppb |
| Golden State Wc - West Orange County | 114,693 | 2.2 ppb |
Next steps for Fountain Valley, CA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fountain Valley, CA may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask City Of Fountain Valley whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.