The City of Ventura welcomes this opportunity to provide you with water quality information. The Water Consumer Confidence Report was prepared in compliance with regulatory requirements. Ventura's Water Division aims to ensure the water provided meets or exceeds state and federal standards.
Some people are more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population.
These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. Ventura tested for Cryptosporidium and Giardia cysts four times during 1999, and neither was detected in any of the samples. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity. Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, that can be naturally occurring or result from urban stormwater runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming. Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and residential uses.