What's in City of Bell Gardens — Downey, Ca, CA tap water

The 2023 Consumer Confidence Report for the City of Bell Gardens — Downey, Ca, CA water utility lists 2 contaminants at or above the federal limit: PFOS and PFOA. Whether that means the water is "unsafe" depends on which contaminant, how long the exposure, and individual health factors. The table on this page shows the measured value, the federal threshold, and the regulated statistic used for compliance.

26 contaminants were measured in City of Bell Gardens — Downey, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report, spanning pfas ("forever chemicals"), metals, and radionuclides. 7 have an enforceable federal limit; the rest are detected but unregulated. Every measured value, in the utility's own units, is on this page.

2 contaminants in City of Bell Gardens — Downey, Ca, CA's 2023 report sit at or above the federal limit: PFOS (6.2× the limit); PFOA (3.1× the limit). The EPA enforces these limits against the regulated reporting statistic — typically a running annual average or 90th percentile — not a one-off sample spike.

The contaminant with the highest measured value relative to its federal limit in the 2023 report is PFOS, at 6.2× the federal threshold. It belongs to the pfas ("forever chemicals") family of contaminants.

Every value is transcribed from City of Bell Gardens — Downey, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. public water utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived and viewable on this site. A water-quality report covers an entire service area, not a single address.

Each U.S. public water utility publishes one Consumer Confidence Report per year, covering the prior calendar year's measurements. This page reflects the 2023 report; a new report will replace it once the utility publishes its next annual update.