Public water system record
Lakewood - City, Water Dept.
Serves Lakewood, Los Angeles County, CA · 66,135 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Lakewood - 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
- Lakewood - City, Water Dept. draws water from 11 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, March 2002.
- Record on file since 2000, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 20,279 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 2000
EPA's records for Lakewood - City, Water Dept. go back to 2000. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began February 2002, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Feb 1, 2002 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Lakewood - City, Water Dept. between 2001 and 2002. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2002.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2002 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| May 21, 2001 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
Lakewood - City, Water Dept. draws water from 11 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also has an emergency connection to Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. 1 other community water system buys water from Lakewood - City, Water Dept. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Lakewood - City, Water Dept.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. La Verne, CA
Community systems that buy water from it
- Long Beach Utilities Department Long Beach, CA
Annual water quality report
Lakewood - 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