Is DOWNEY - CITY, WATER DEPT. Water Safe to Drink in 2026?
California · PWSID CA1910034 · Ground water
Population served
110,556
Cities served
DOWNEY
State / jurisdiction
California (CA)
PWSID
CA1910034
F
TAP WATER GRADE
High risk
Model score 0/88 from violations, PFAS profile, and monitoring signals — not a laboratory test of your faucet.
16 violation record(s) in the latest EPA SDWA quarterly snapshotPFAS above EPA MCL (UCMR5 regulated compounds)
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CONTAMINANTS — EPA UCMR5 MONITORING
Compound
Level (ppt)
EPA limit
Health guideline
Status
PFOSregulated
44.0
4 ppt
Exceeds
Above health advisory
PFPeA
27.0
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFHxA
21.0
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFOAregulated
15.0
4 ppt
Exceeds
Above health advisory
PFBA
10.0
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFHxSregulated
8.9
10 ppt
Within / n/a
MCL exceedance
PFBS
8.9
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFHpA
4.2
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
Source: EPA UCMR5 · ppt = parts per trillion · MCL = enforceable limit for regulated PFAS
VIOLATIONS HISTORY (FEDERAL SNAPSHOT)
EPA’s national SDWA quarterly files associate 16 violation-related records with this system in the same reporting quarter as the utility snapshot used on WaterCheckup. This is not a complete historical docket — see ECHO and SDWIS for full compliance context.
WHY THIS FOR DOWNEY - CITY, WATER DEPT. · Chosen for DOWNEY - CITY, WATER DEPT. because PFAS was detected at 44 ppt in UCMR5 — above the 4 ppt limit for some regulated compounds — and this system shows 16 violation record(s) in the latest federal snapshot. RO removes 99%+ of PFAS at the tap.
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