Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Fountain Valley, CA: what to set up and who to call
The City of Fountain Valley water system has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 6.0 ppb, was higher than 94% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Two school districts split the grades in Fountain Valley: Huntington Beach Union High School District and Fountain Valley Elementary School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Fountain Valley, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Fountain Valley.
Power comes from Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Fountain Valley. Its homes paid an average of 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $149 a month (its average across California, for customers on its standard service). California lets you buy power from another supplier; 30% of Southern California Edison’s home customers do, and Southern California Edison still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Fountain Valley water system
The City of Fountain Valley water system supplies almost all of Fountain Valley. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and City of Santa Ana and City of Huntington Beach as sellers) and serves 56,747 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 6.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 94% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CA3010069.
6 home internet providers serve Fountain Valley
98% of 15,823 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 26% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 1,000/35 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL, Fiber | 43% | 100/20 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 28% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Cosmo Network Solutions | Fixed wireless | 100% | 350/150 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 75% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 67% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Fountain Valley depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Fountain Valley, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayLook up your day on fountainvalley.gov
- Bulky itemsCall to book
Accepted at the curb
- Anything that tears
- Cardboard (flattened)
- Cereal boxes (liners removed), and other food boxes
- Computer paper, white paper, mixed paper
- Empty aerosol cans
- Glass jars and bottles
- Metal food and soup can
- Pie tins
- Plastic containers (labeled #1-7)
- Plastic shopping bags (place bags inside each other to create one large bundle)
- Plastic water and soda bottles
- Soda cans
- Telephone books
- Tissue and soda boxes
- Wine and Liquor bottles
JJ Recycling
16163 Harbor Blvd, Fountain Valley, CA 92704
From fountainvalley.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2016, July 1, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Fountain Valley is in two districts that split the grades: Huntington Beach Union High School District and Fountain Valley Elementary School District.
A−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Fountain Valley is in ZIP code 92708
ZIP codes where Fountain Valley residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Fountain Valley | ZIP’s residents in Fountain Valley |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92708 | Fountain Valley, CA | 100% | 100% |
92728 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Fountain Valley
Who supplies Fountain Valley’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Fountain Valley water system (EPA ID CA3010069). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 6.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Fountain Valley?
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Fountain Valley?
Spectrum, AT&T, Frontier, Cosmo Network Solutions, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Fountain Valley?
92708. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Fountain Valley in?
Huntington Beach Union High School District and Fountain Valley Elementary School District. Parts of the city are in Garden Grove Unified School District and Ocean View Elementary School District.
How do I register to vote in Fountain Valley?
In California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Orange County Registrar of Voters. Check your registration at voterstatus.sos.ca.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Fountain Valley’s own website (fountainvalley.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.