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Paramount - City, Water Dept.

Serves Paramount, Los Angeles County, CA · 55,200 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Paramount - City, Water Dept. in the last ten years.

  • CA1910105
  • PARAMOUNT
  • CA
  • 55,200 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 90723
EPA system ID CA1910105

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Paramount - City, Water Dept. draws water from 4 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, July 2020.
  • Record on file since 2008, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 7,521 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation 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 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 May 1, 2020 Resolved

Full record since 2008

EPA's records for Paramount - City, Water Dept. go back to 2008. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 1
2020s 0 1

Enforcement actions

California regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Paramount - City, Water Dept. in 2020. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in July 2020.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jul 2, 2020 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Groundwater Rule

Where the water comes from

Paramount - City, Water Dept. draws water from 4 wells. It also buys water from Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. It also has an emergency connection to Long Beach Utilities Department.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Paramount - 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.

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Testing your own water

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