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Vineyard Avenue Acres MWC

Serves El Rio, Ventura County, CA · 1,820 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Vineyard Avenue Acres MWC in the last ten years, including an unresolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • CA5610029
  • OXNARD
  • CA
  • 1,820 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 93031
EPA system ID CA5610029

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
0
Unresolved
1
Archived by EPA
1
Any acute record
Yes
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Vineyard Avenue Acres MWC draws water from 2 wells.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Nitrate, 10.8 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2018.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, November 2024.
  • Record on file since 1994, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 340 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Active No
Nitrate
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 10.8 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 330 Apr 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 Yes

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Active
Enforcement action in place

Full record since 1994

EPA's records for Vineyard Avenue Acres MWC go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 0
2020s 1 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began April 1995, Resolved.

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Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1995 Resolved

Enforcement actions

California regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Vineyard Avenue Acres MWC between 2018 and 2024. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2024.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 4, 2024 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Jul 16, 2018 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate
Mar 21, 2018 California Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Nitrate

1 incident

Nitrate exceeded the federal limit

High nitrate is especially dangerous for infants under 6 months and can cause blue baby syndrome

Where the water comes from

Vineyard Avenue Acres MWC draws water from 2 wells.

Annual water quality report

Vineyard Avenue Acres MWC 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.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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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