Public water system record
Pico Rivera - City, Water Dept.
Serves Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County, CA · 40,600 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Pico Rivera - City, Water Dept. 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
- 3
Key facts
- Pico Rivera - City, Water Dept. draws water from 8 wells (3 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, November 2022.
- Record on file since 1994, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 9,441 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Nov 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 17, 2021 | Resolved |
Full record since 1994
EPA's records for Pico Rivera - City, Water Dept. go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began September 1994, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1994 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Pico Rivera - City, Water Dept. between 1994 and 2022. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2022.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2022 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Jan 12, 2022 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Chlorine |
| Nov 3, 2021 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: E. coli |
| Oct 27, 1994 | California | Administrative penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Pico Rivera - City, Water Dept. draws water from 8 wells (3 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Pico Rivera - City, Water Dept.
Annual water quality report
Pico Rivera - City, Water Dept. 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