Public water system record
Liberty Utilities - Compton
Serves West Rancho Dominguez, Compton and Willowbrook, Los Angeles County, CA · 26,371 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Liberty Utilities - Compton 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
- 2
Key facts
- Liberty Utilities - Compton draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, November 2019.
- Record on file since 1997, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 6,917 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.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1997
EPA's records for Liberty Utilities - Compton go back to 1997. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began April 1997, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 1997 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Liberty Utilities - Compton in 2019. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2019.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2019 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
Liberty Utilities - Compton draws water from 2 wells. It also buys water from Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. It also has an emergency connection to GSWC - Southwest. 1 other community water system buys water from Liberty Utilities - Compton. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Liberty Utilities - Compton.
Buys water from
- Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. La Verne, CA
Emergency or part-time connections to
- GSWC - Southwest Hawthorne, CA
Community systems that buy water from it
- Suburban Water Systems - Sativa Covina, CA
Annual water quality report
Liberty Utilities - Compton 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