Public water system record
Lomita-City, Water Dept.
Serves Lomita, Los Angeles County, CA · 20,256 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Lomita-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
- 1
Key facts
- Lomita-City, Water Dept. buys its water from Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, July 2019.
- Record on file since 2016, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 4,476 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Benzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
Full record since 2016
EPA's records for Lomita-City, Water Dept. go back to 2016. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and no monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2016, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0821 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Lomita-City, Water Dept. between 2018 and 2019. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in July 2019.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2019 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Benzene |
| Feb 27, 2018 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
Where the water comes from
Lomita-City, Water Dept. buys its water from Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. La Verne, CA
Annual water quality report
Lomita-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