Oakvale Park, CA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Oakvale Park serves about 260 people through 88 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in San Diego County, California. EPA system ID: CA3700962; phone on file: 760-445-1419. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Oakvale Park is 21 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 7 ppb |
| 2017 | 13.5 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 21 ppb over 15 |
How Oakvale Park 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. Oakvale Park's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 31st percentile in California and the 17th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
80 other systems share San Diego County; 29 of them have a higher latest lead result than Oakvale Park. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego, City Of | 1,408,937 | 0 (not detected) |
| Helix Water District | 277,918 | 0 (not detected) |
| Otay Water District | 242,155 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sweetwater Authority | 184,915 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oceanside, City Of | 174,340 | 0 (not detected) |
| Escondido, City Of | 137,044 | 1.1 ppb |
| Vista Irrigation District | 134,501 | 0 (not detected) |
| Vallecitos Wd | 114,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cal-Am Water Coronado | 106,000 | 2 ppb |
| Carlsbad Mwd | 96,371 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Escondido, 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 Oakvale Park 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.