Is Hawthorne-City Water Dept. Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Los Angeles

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1997-05-01 → 1997-05-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1997-05-01 → 1997-05-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-01-01 → 2019-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-01-01 → 2019-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-01-01 → 2019-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-01-01 → 2019-03-31

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Bromodichloromethane	21.2715 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 29 µg/L	368/371	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	26.0195 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 36.5 µg/L	368/371	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	36.2905 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 45 µg/L	368/371	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	98.195 µg/L 123% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 121.83 µg/L	368/371	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	17.214 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 21 µg/L	367/371	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	841.8 µg/L 21% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 959 µg/L	283/283	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	10 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12 µg/L	120/120	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	8.415 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11 µg/L	120/120	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	23 µg/L 38% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 25 µg/L	120/120	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	6.89 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.2 µg/L	103/120	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	40/40	LCR	2023
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.36 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.5 µg/L	15/120	SYR4	2012–2019
Lithium	26.8 µg/L No EPA limit set	6/6	UCMR-5	2024
Copper	20.56 µg/L 1.6% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L	1/223	SYR4	2014–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	2 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/120	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	5.3 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/4	SYR4	2014–2019

76 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBariumBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoLeadMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitrateNitrate-NitriteNitritePfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: HENRIE, TARRAH
Phone: 408-367-8490
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Hawthorne-City Water Dept.

Is Hawthorne-City Water Dept. tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 16 contaminants in Hawthorne-City Water Dept.'s water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Hawthorne-City Water Dept.'s water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Bromoform, Dibromochloromethane, TTHM, Chloroform, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Hawthorne-City Water Dept. serve?

Hawthorne-City Water Dept. reports serving 44,718 people in California, per its EPA record.

Has Hawthorne-City Water Dept. had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 6 violations on file for Hawthorne-City Water Dept., of which 2 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.