Public water system record
City of Anaheim
Serves Anaheim, Orange County, CA · 348,593 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Anaheim 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
- 3
Key facts
- City of Anaheim draws water from 20 wells and 1 reservoir (4 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Record on file since 1988, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 71,538 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
Full record since 1988
EPA's records for City of Anaheim go back to 1988. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Where the water comes from
City of Anaheim draws water from 20 wells and 1 reservoir (4 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from City of Orange and Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. It also has emergency connections to City of Fullerton, Yorba Linda Water District, City of Garden Grove and Golden State WC - Placentia/Yorba Linda. 5 other public water systems have emergency connections to City of Anaheim.
Buys water from
- City of Orange Orange, CA
- Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. La Verne, CA
Emergency or part-time connections to
- City of Fullerton Fullerton, CA
- Yorba Linda Water District Placentia, CA
- City of Garden Grove Garden Grove, CA
- Golden State WC - Placentia/Yorba Linda Anaheim, CA
Annual water quality report
City of Anaheim 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