Water Quality
Long Beach Utilities (formerly as the Long Beach Water Department) has been delivering a safe and dependable water supply to our residents and businesses within the City of Long Beach for over 100 years. Our skilled staff ensure that the drinking water we serve meets or exceeds all federal and state water quality standards. We perform thousands of tests each year to monitor the quality and ensure the safety of the drinking water. We are proud to provide our customers with reliable, affordable, and exceptional quality drinking water.
Long Beach Utilities received the President’s Award for Distribution System Operation from Partnership for Safe Water, a drinking water program sponsored by the American Water Works Association, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other water organizations. This award recognized Long Beach as a water supplier that continuously provides drinking water quality that surpasses regulatory requirements through distribution system optimization.
Each year, Long Beach Utilities electronically publishes its annual water quality report, otherwise known as the Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) that details how well we safeguard your drinking water. To read the 2023 report, click here(PDF, 5MB) .
If you would prefer to receive a hard copy of the CCR, please contact us at (562) 570-2479 to request a copy or visit your Long Beach Library neighborhood branch.
For questions about water quality, treatment and testing call (562) 570-2479.
2023 Water Quality Report – Testing performed in 2023, published on July 1, 2024
The Consumer Confidence Report, or CCR, is an annual drinking water quality report that federal law requires public water systems to provide our customers. Our water quality staff annually performs tens of thousands of tests and analyzes the samples for more than one hundred drinking water contaminants. We are proud to provide our customers with reliable, affordable, and exceptional quality drinking water.
Archived Water Quality Reports
Water Quality Report 2022
Water Quality Report 2021(PDF, 2MB)
Water Quality Report 2020(PDF, 7MB)
Water Quality Report 2019(PDF, 973KB)
Water Quality Report 2018(PDF, 687KB)
Water Quality Report 2017(PDF, 4MB)
Water Quality Report 2016(PDF, 1MB)
Water Quality Report 2015(PDF, 5MB)
Water Quality Report 2014(PDF, 4MB)
Water Quality Report 2013(PDF, 626KB)
Water Quality Report 2012(PDF, 395KB)
Water Quality Report 2011(PDF, 545KB)
Water Quality Report 2010(PDF, 1004KB)
Water Quality Report 2009(PDF, 536KB)
Water Quality Report 2008(PDF, 283KB)