Ventura Cwwd No. 17 - Bell Canyon, CA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 8 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 Ventura Cwwd No. 17 - Bell Canyon
Ventura Cwwd No. 17 - Bell Canyon serves about 1,946 people through 724 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Ventura County, California. EPA system ID: CA5610003; phone on file: 805-378-3015. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Ventura Cwwd No. 17 - Bell Canyon's lead record
That is up 2.1 ppb from 5.9 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ventura Cwwd No. 17 - Bell Canyon is 8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 ppb |
| 2021 | 5.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.1 ppb |
How Ventura Cwwd No. 17 - Bell Canyon 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. Ventura Cwwd No. 17 - Bell Canyon's 8 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in California and the 96th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Ventura County
67 other systems share Ventura County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ventura Cwwd No. 17 - Bell Canyon. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Oxnard Water Dept | 200,232 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ventura Water Department | 112,285 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ventura Wwd No. 8 - Simi Valley | 94,736 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cal American Water Co | 66,809 | 3 ppb |
| City Of Thousand Oaks Water Department | 54,770 | 0 (not detected) |
| Camarillo Water Dept | 47,701 | 0 (not detected) |
| Golden State Water Company - Simi Valley | 45,086 | 6 ppb |
| Ventura Cwwd No. 1 - Moorpark | 35,514 | 0 (not detected) |
| Camrosa Water District | 32,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Santa Paula | 31,786 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Moorpark, 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 Ventura Cwwd No. 17 - Bell Canyon 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.