El Toro Water District, CA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.8 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 El Toro Water District
El Toro Water District serves about 53,415 people through 9,535 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: CA3010079; phone on file: 949-837-7050. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (1.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for El Toro Water District is 1.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How El Toro Water District compares
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. El Toro Water District's 0.8 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in California and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
39 other systems share Orange County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than El Toro Water District. 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 |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lake Forest, 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 El Toro Water District 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.