Community Water System · PWSID CA3301482

Ortega Oaks RV Park&Campground

Serves 180 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateLake Forest, California
1 open treatment violation.

Open for: Lead service line inventory. EPA counts treatment-technique violations as health-based: a required protective step was not done. It is not a measurement of contamination.

On record since 2011: 47 violations. 37 over the limit · 1 treatment lapse · 7 missed or late tests · 2 notices or reports. Most recent began 2024-10-17.

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37Over the limit
1Treatment lapse1 open
7Missed or late test
2Notice or report1 open

More violations on record than 97% of active water systems in California. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

200520102011 · Over the limit: 32011 · Over the limit: 32011 · Over the limit: 32012 · Over the limit: 62012 · Over the limit: 62012 · Over the limit: 62012 · Over the limit: 62012 · Over the limit: 62012 · Over the limit: 62012 · Missed or late test: 22012 · Missed or late test: 22012 · Notice or report: 12013 · Over the limit: 72013 · Over the limit: 72013 · Over the limit: 72013 · Over the limit: 72013 · Over the limit: 72013 · Over the limit: 72013 · Over the limit: 72014 · Over the limit: 102014 · Over the limit: 102014 · Over the limit: 102014 · Over the limit: 102014 · Over the limit: 102014 · Over the limit: 102014 · Over the limit: 102014 · Over the limit: 102014 · Over the limit: 102014 · Over the limit: 102014 · Missed or late test: 12015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Missed or late test: 120152016 · Over the limit: 22016 · Over the limit: 22016 · Missed or late test: 22016 · Missed or late test: 22017 · Missed or late test: 120202022 · Over the limit: 22022 · Over the limit: 22023 · Over the limit: 12024 · Treatment lapse: 12024 · Notice or report: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
79% over the limit · 372% treatment lapse · 115% missed or late test · 74% notice or report · 2

Across California, 52% of violations are missed or late tests and 29% are water over a limit.

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+NitrateCombined UraniumArsenic2023-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2022-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2022-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 12.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.2×)2016-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 38.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.9×)2016-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0150 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.5×)2015-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0130 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.3×)2015-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 34.65 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.7×)2015-06-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0140 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.4×)2015-06-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 34.65 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.7×)2015-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 37.25 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.9×)2015-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0145 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.4×)2014-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 37.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.9×)2014-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0145 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.4×)2014-09-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 37.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.9×)2014-09-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0145 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.4×)2014-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 40.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (2.0×)2014-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0128 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.3×)2014-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 31.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.6×)2014-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0134 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.3×)2014-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 28.25 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.4×)2014-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0125 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.2×)2013-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 27.50 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.4×)2013-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0130 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.3×)2013-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 27.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.4×)2013-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0130 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.3×)2013-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 27.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.4×)2013-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 29.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.4×)2013-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0130 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.3×)2012-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 28.50 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.4×)2012-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0140 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.4×)2012-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0136 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.4×)2012-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 30.90 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.5×)2012-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 31.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.6×)2012-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0135 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.3×)2011-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 36.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.8×)2011-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 14.00 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1400.0×)2011-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 14.00 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1400.0×)
Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 4 results on file · action level 15 ppb

7.7 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb

Open now (2)

  1. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryRPTOpen
  2. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryTTOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryRPTOpen
  2. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryTTOpen
  3. 2023-04-01NitrateMCL, Averagemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2022-10-01NitrateMCL, Averagemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2022-07-01NitrateMCL, Averagemeasured 12.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2017-04-01ArsenicMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  7. 2016-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 38.00 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  8. 2016-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0150 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2016-01-01Combined UraniumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  10. 2016-01-01ArsenicMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  11. 2015-10-01Combined UraniumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  12. 2015-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0130 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2015-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 34.65 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  14. 2015-06-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0140 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2015-06-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 34.65 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  16. 2015-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 37.25 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  17. 2015-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0145 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2014-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 37.00 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  19. 2014-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0145 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2014-09-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 37.00 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  21. 2014-09-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0145 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2014-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 40.00 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  23. 2014-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0128 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  24. 2014-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 31.00 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  25. 2014-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0134 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
Show the other 22 entries
  1. 2014-01-01AluminumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2014-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 28.25 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  3. 2014-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0125 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2013-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 27.50 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  5. 2013-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0130 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2013-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 27.00 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  7. 2013-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0130 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2013-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 27.00 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  9. 2013-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 29.00 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  10. 2013-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0130 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2012-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 28.50 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  12. 2012-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0140 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2012-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0136 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2012-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 30.90 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  15. 2012-04-21Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  16. 2012-04-01ArsenicMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  17. 2012-04-01Combined UraniumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  18. 2012-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 31.00 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  19. 2012-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0135 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2011-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 36.00 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  21. 2011-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 14.00 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2011-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 14.00 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance

System details

Population served180
Service connections77
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityLake Forest
EPA ZIP on file92630

Areas served

  • Riverside County

Reading this record

Ortega Oaks RV Park&Campground is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 180 people in Lake Forest, California. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.