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Water quality in Los Angeles, CA 91401

Regional hardness evidence, possible serving systems, EPA compliance history, and the measurements that are—and are not—available for Los Angeles County.

No active health-based violation reported
Largest possible serving system
Los Angeles-City, Dept. Of Water & Power
Source water
Surface water
County
Los Angeles County
Profile updated

Your tap water

What does the utility report?

Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Hardness not yet transcribed

The official report is available below. Check its hardness table and the source or treatment zone serving you, or ask the utility for your result.

Read Official drinking water quality report hub ↗

Source checked Sep 29, 2026.

At a glance

What the current records say

Utility-reported hardness

Unavailable

Ask your provider or test your tap

All possible systems

No active flag

0 active health-based records

Utility match

1 system

Serves 3,875,566 people system-wide

Match the name on your water bill

Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.

EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Los Angeles-City, Dept. Of Water & Power

CA1910067 · Surface water · 3,875,566 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

Read Official drinking water quality report hub ↗
Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0.0039 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

26% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2023

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

Hardness meter

What does nearby environmental evidence show?

Very Hard

PPM

254

GPG

14.9

Regional environmental evidence

USGS hardness classification scale

254 PPM

Soft
0–60
Moderate
61–120
Hard
121–180
Very hard
181+

Parts per million

254

mg/L as CaCO₃ equivalent

Grains per gallon

14.9

1 GPG ≈ 17.1 PPM

How to use regional evidence

These samples describe nearby environmental water. They cannot establish whether your tap water is soft or hard. Use a utility result or a tap test for appliance settings and treatment sizing.

USGS sites used

3

Nearest site

23.3 mi

Observation range

Apr 14, 2022–Apr 14, 2022

Regional evidence confidence

Moderate

Median of the latest source-type-aligned hardness observation at each monitoring site within 25 miles. Nearest monitoring location: N LEGG LK AB WHITTIER NARROWS DAM NR MONTEBELLO CA (Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment).USGS source documentation ↗Evidence tier: Regional environmental evidence. This value is not used as proof of the serving utility's treated-water hardness.

Regional context

Is 91401 typical?

These comparisons use other indexed ZIP estimates, not utility tap samples. They help show local context without replacing a household test.

Los Angeles median

254 PPM

About the same

85 indexed ZIP readings · Range 192–1531.5 PPM

California median

254 PPM

About the same

549 indexed ZIP readings · Range 42.6–1531.5 PPM

Evidence-first next steps

Confirm the problem before choosing treatment

This profile can help you ask the right question. It cannot select equipment for a property without a current result from the serving utility or the tap.

1

Confirm the serving system

ZIP boundaries and utility service areas do not perfectly match. Verify the system on a water bill before relying on system-wide records.

3

Test for the decision you face

Use a tap hardness test before sizing a softener. For health concerns, use a certified laboratory and the correct sampling protocol.

Convert your hardness test result →

Nearby indexed reports

More local profiles in Los Angeles

Estimates can differ across a city because monitoring locations and associated systems differ.

View all Los Angeles reports →

Frequently asked

Water questions for Los Angeles

Is tap water safe in Los Angeles?+

EPA ECHO shows no active health-based violation for the associated systems in this reporting snapshot. This does not prove every contaminant is absent; federal records can lag and household plumbing can change tap conditions.

How hard is the water?+

Utility-reported hardness is unavailable in this index. Regional samples do not establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Do I need a water softener?+

Confirm hardness at your tap and consider actual scale or spotting before choosing treatment. Regional environmental values cannot determine whether you need a softener. A softener addresses hardness, not every contaminant.