Public water system record
Torrance-City, Water Dept.
Serves Torrance, Los Angeles County, CA · 106,183 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Torrance-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
- 0
Key facts
- Torrance-City, Water Dept. draws water from 5 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, April 2013.
- Record on file since 2004, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 24,770 unknown out of 26,855 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 2004
EPA's records for Torrance-City, Water Dept. go back to 2004. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 25 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 21 |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Torrance-City, Water Dept. in 2013. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 2013.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2013 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 21 violations: trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, 1,2-Dichloroethane, Carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane, Tetrachloroethylene |
Where the water comes from
Torrance-City, Water Dept. draws water from 5 wells. It also buys water from Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal.
Buys water from
- Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. La Verne, CA
Annual water quality report
Torrance-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