Puerta La Cruz Cc #14, CA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Puerta La Cruz Cc #14 at a glance
Puerta La Cruz Cc #14 serves about 40 people through 6 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in San Diego County, California. EPA system ID: CA3710800; phone on file: 760-782-3559. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Puerta La Cruz Cc #14's lead record
That is up 1.7 ppb from 3.3 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Puerta La Cruz Cc #14 is 33 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2025 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2024 | 33 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Puerta La Cruz Cc #14's 5 ppb sits at the 92nd percentile in California and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
80 other systems share San Diego County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Puerta La Cruz Cc #14. 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) |
Next steps for Warner Springs, CA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Warner Springs, 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 Puerta La Cruz Cc #14 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.