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Lakeside WD

Serves Eucalyptus Hills, Lakeside and Winter Gardens, San Diego County, CA · 35,500 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Lakeside WD in the last ten years.

  • CA3710013
  • LAKESIDE
  • CA
  • 35,500 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 92040
EPA system ID CA3710013

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • Lakeside WD draws water from 2 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, August 2022.
  • Record on file since 1989, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 6,925 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2022 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1989

EPA's records for Lakeside WD go back to 1989. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 1
2000s 0 3
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 0 2

Enforcement actions

California regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Lakeside WD between 2004 and 2022. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in August 2022.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 3, 2022 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Apr 29, 2005 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Nitrate
Nov 24, 2004 California Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Nitrate

Where the water comes from

Lakeside WD draws water from 2 wells. It also buys water from Padre Dam MWD. It also has an emergency connection to Helix Water District. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Lakeside WD.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Lakeside WD 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.

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Testing your own water

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