In accordance with Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, the Water Department publishes an annual Water Quality Report. This report is available in hard copy to over 170,000 homes and businesses and is also posted on our website. The Water Quality Report describes, with clarity and great detail, the quality of the City's drinking water.

Long Beach has one of the most modern water treatment facilities in the world. In fact, it is the largest groundwater treatment plant in the United States. Coupled with four of the most advanced water quality laboratories, this combination helps explain why the City's high quality drinking water consistently meets or betters all Federal and State drinking water regulations.

Test results on the City's water consistently show that regulated constituents of drinking water are either not detected or are present in amounts far below limits permitted by Federal and State drinking water standards.