Public water system record
Trabuco Canyon Water District
Serves Trabuco Canyon and Rancho Santa Margarita, Orange County, CA · 13,659 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Trabuco Canyon 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
- Trabuco Canyon Water District buys its water from Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and Irvine Ranch Water District.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, February 2011.
- Record on file since 1996, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 4,182 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 1996
EPA's records for Trabuco Canyon Water District go back to 1996. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began January 1999, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1997 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Trabuco Canyon Water District in 2011. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in February 2011.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2011 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
Where the water comes from
Trabuco Canyon Water District buys its water from Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and Irvine Ranch Water District. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has an emergency connection to El Toro Water District. 1 other community water system buys water from Trabuco Canyon Water District. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Trabuco Canyon Water District.
Buys water from
- Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. La Verne, CA
- Irvine Ranch Water District Irvine, CA
Emergency or part-time connections to
- El Toro Water District Lake Forest, CA
Community systems that buy water from it
- Santa Margarita Water District Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Annual water quality report
Trabuco Canyon 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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