Public water system record
El Toro Water District
Serves Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Laguna Hills and 1 more place, Orange County, CA · 51,800 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for El Toro Water District in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 0
Key facts
- El Toro Water District buys its water from Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and Moulton Niguel Water District.
- Record on file since 1988, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 13,245 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1988
EPA's records for El Toro Water District go back to 1988. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 1 |
Where the water comes from
El Toro Water District buys its water from Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and Moulton Niguel Water District. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has emergency connections to Trabuco Canyon Water District, Irvine Ranch Water District and Joint Regional Water Supply System. 5 other public water systems have emergency connections to El Toro Water District.
Buys water from
- Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. La Verne, CA
- Moulton Niguel Water District Laguna Hills, CA
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Trabuco Canyon Water District Trabuco Canyon, CA
- Irvine Ranch Water District Irvine, CA
- Joint Regional Water Supply System Laguna Beach, CA
Annual water quality report
El Toro Water District must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by California.
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