Public water system record
Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept.
Serves Santa Fe Springs and Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County, CA · 19,219 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Santa Fe Springs - 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
- 2
Key facts
- Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. buys its water from Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and Whittier-City, Water Dept.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, November 2019.
- Record on file since 2012, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 7,170 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 2012
EPA's records for Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. go back to 2012. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 4 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. between 2013 and 2019. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2019.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2019 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jul 31, 2013 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 4 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
Where the water comes from
Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. buys its water from Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and Whittier-City, Water Dept. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other community water system buys water from Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Santa Fe Springs - City, Water Dept.
Buys water from
- Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. La Verne, CA
- Whittier-City, Water Dept. Whittier, CA
Community systems that buy water from it
- Norwalk - City, Water Dept. Norwalk, CA
Annual water quality report
Santa Fe Springs - 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