Public water system record
City of Huntington Beach
Serves Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA · 201,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for City of Huntington Beach 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
- City of Huntington Beach draws water from 9 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, December 1992.
- Record on file since 1992, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 54,781 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 1992
EPA's records for City of Huntington Beach go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
Enforcement actions
EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Huntington Beach in 1992. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 1992.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 1992 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
City of Huntington Beach draws water from 9 wells. It also buys water from Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. It also has emergency connections to City of Seal Beach, City of Westminster and City of Fountain Valley. 3 other public water systems have emergency connections to City of Huntington Beach.
Buys water from
- Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. La Verne, CA
Emergency or part-time connections to
- City of Seal Beach Seal Beach, CA
- City of Westminster Westminster, CA
- City of Fountain Valley Fountain Valley, CA
Annual water quality report
City of Huntington Beach 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