- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 8.
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 10 of 10 samples, average 26.2 ppt, highest 44 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2025–Jul 2025) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 10 of 10 samples, average 13.9 ppt, highest 27 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2025–Jul 2025)
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 10 of 10 samples, average 11.1 ppt, highest 15 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2025–Jul 2025) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 10 of 10 samples, average 10.8 ppt, highest 21 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2025–Jul 2025)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 10 of 10 samples, average 6.6 ppt, highest 8.9 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2025–Jul 2025)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 8 of 10 samples, average 5.7 ppt, highest 10 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2025–Jul 2025)
- PFHxS (a PFAS): found in 9 of 10 samples, average 5.1 ppt, highest 8.9 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2025–Jul 2025)
- PFHpA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 10 samples, average 1.6 ppt, highest 4.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2025–Jul 2025)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 0 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2021–Dec 31, 2023). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Downey tap water? What EPA records show
EPA CA1910034 · serves Downey, CA · about 110,556 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Downey - City, Water Dept. (EPA CA1910034)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Downey's main utility, Downey - City, Water Dept.: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (CA1910034) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Downey - City, Water Dept., as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (CA1910034) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Downey - City, Water Dept. (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 0 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2021–Dec 31, 2023). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 8.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
Your water bill names your utility.
Does Downey - City, Water Dept. use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Downey - City, Water Dept.'s EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.