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What is in the water at 90242

3 public water systems serve this ZIP code in the federal records. Everything below comes from EPA monitoring data, and everything missing is named.

RANCHO LOS AMIGOS HOSPITAL

PWSID CA1900679 · CA

PFAS and lithium

3 compounds detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 6 samples.

CompoundHighest detectedSamplesMost recent
PFOS0.026 µg/L27/17/2024
PFOA0.0078 µg/L27/17/2024
PFHxS0.0041 µg/L27/17/2024

A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.

Health-based violations

No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.

Hardness

No hardness measurement. Hardness is measured at environmental monitoring stations, and none fell inside this system’s service area. That is a gap in where monitoring happens, not a finding about the water.

DOWNEY - CITY, WATER DEPT.

PWSID CA1910034 · CA · serves 109,934 people

PFAS and lithium

8 compounds detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 71 samples.

CompoundHighest detectedSamplesMost recent
PFOS0.044 µg/L107/1/2025
PFPeA0.027 µg/L107/1/2025
PFHxA0.021 µg/L107/1/2025
PFOA0.015 µg/L107/1/2025
PFBA0.01 µg/L87/1/2025
PFBS0.0089 µg/L107/1/2025
PFHxS0.0089 µg/L97/1/2025
PFHpA0.0042 µg/L47/1/2025

A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.

Health-based violations

No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.

Hardness

No hardness measurement. Hardness is measured at environmental monitoring stations, and none fell inside this system’s service area. That is a gap in where monitoring happens, not a finding about the water.

GSWC - HOLLYDALE

PWSID CA1910195 · CA

PFAS and lithium

1 compound detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 2 samples.

CompoundHighest detectedSamplesMost recent
PFBA0.0055 µg/L22/11/2025

A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.

Health-based violations

No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.

Hardness

No hardness measurement. Hardness is measured at environmental monitoring stations, and none fell inside this system’s service area. That is a gap in where monitoring happens, not a finding about the water.

What this report cannot tell you

Every figure describes water at a sampling point: a treatment plant, an entry point to the distribution system, or a monitoring station. None of it describes water arriving at your tap. Plumbing between the two can add lead and copper, and if your home was built before 1986 a test kit tells you something no federal dataset can.

Sources: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence (final release, frozen July 2026) · EPA SDWIS health-based violations · USGS and state monitoring via the Water Quality Portal · EPA Public Water System Service Area Boundaries v3. Compiled 2026-09-01.