Public water system record
Oxnard Water Dept
Serves Oxnard, Port Hueneme and Channel Islands Beach, Ventura County, CA · 200,232 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Oxnard Water Dept 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
- Oxnard Water Dept draws water from 9 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, December 2015.
- Record on file since 1992, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 43,419 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 1992
EPA's records for Oxnard Water Dept go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Oxnard Water Dept between 2004 and 2015. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2015.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2015 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: E. coli |
| Jul 6, 2004 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
Where the water comes from
Oxnard Water Dept draws water from 9 wells. It also buys water from Calleguas Municipal Water Dist and United Wtr Cons Dist. 2 other community water systems buy water from Oxnard Water Dept.
Buys water from
- Calleguas Municipal Water Dist Thousand Oaks, CA
- United Wtr Cons Dist Oxnard, CA
Community systems that buy water from it
- Channel Islands Beach CSD Oxnard, CA
- Port Hueneme Water Agency Port Hueneme, CA
Annual water quality report
Oxnard Water Dept 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.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells