Editing El Rio, California (section)

==Infrastructure== 
A majority of the streets in the older unincorporated area do not have sidewalks. As traffic has increased, the safety of school children and other pedestrians has been a concern for the community.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/education/schoolwatch/upgrades-near-oxnardarea-school-aid-in-pedestrian-safety_86971191|title=Upgrades near Oxnard-area school aid in pedestrian safety|first=Claudia |last=Boyd-Barrett |work=[[Ventura County Star]] |date= May 15, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Cloverdale>{{cite news|url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/education/rio-community-bands-together-to-pave-road-for-to|title=Rio community bands together to pave road for schoolchildren's trek to school|first=Anne |last=Kallas|work=[[Ventura County Star]] |date= July 27, 2012}}</ref> Cloverdale Mutual Water District serves 135 households in the community which is about 500 residents.<ref name=Cloverdale/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/oxnard/2019/05/16/hundreds-banned-using-nitrate-contaminated-water-el-rio-vineyard-avenue-acres-mutual-water-company/3698942002/|title=Tainted tap water shut off for thousands in El Rio|website=Ventura County Star|language=en|access-date=2019-05-17}}</ref>
In the 1990s, the area's existing septic tanks were banned because of groundwater contamination in this area of the [[Oxnard Plain]] adjacent to the Santa Clara River.<ref name="LAT 2004-09-13">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-sep-13-me-newcity13-story.html|title=Oxnard Ready to Launch a Revised RiverPark Project|date=September 13, 2004|first=Daryl |last=Kelley |newspaper= [[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=18 March 2016}}</ref> A $35 million conversion to a sewer system was undertaken by the county.<ref>[http://www.vcstar.com/news/local-news/oxnard/el-rio-community-leader-florence-young-dies-at-age-91_26537206 "El Rio community leader Florence Young dies at age 91"] (Oct 24, 2014) ''[[Ventura County Star]]''</ref>{{r|LAT 2004-09-13}} The area storm water drains into the adjacent Santa Clara River.<ref>{{cite news|title=RiverPark deal ends drainage dispute |first=Scott |last=Hadly|date= October 18, 2010|work=[[Ventura County Star]]|url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/riverpark-developer-watershed-settle-dispute}}</ref>

Ventura County juvenile justice center is located on the outskirts of El Rio near the small community of Strickland and [[Rio Mesa High School]]. The high-security facility on  Vineyard Avenue is colloquially known as [[juvenile hall]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2016/09/16/treatment-changes-leave-juvenile-centers-half-empty/89439594/ |title=Treatment changes leave juvenile centers half empty |date= September 16, 2016 |newspaper=Ventura County Star |first=Kathleen |last=Wilson |access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref>