Gswc - Bell, Bell Gardens, CA Water Quality
Gswc - Bell, Bell Gardens: EPA violation history, explained
Gswc - Bell, Bell Gardens has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 55,050, over 7,489 connections.
How this compares nationally
4 total violations and 3 health-based ones put Gswc - Bell, Bell Gardens at the 57th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,569 of 12,903.
Against the CA average
Gswc - Bell, Bell Gardens's 3 health-based violations sit within the CA average of 5.8, across 804 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
Gswc - Bell, Bell Gardens's most recent violation on record is dated 2010-01-05, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
Gswc - Bell, Bell Gardens's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Tetrachloroethylene; Trichloroethylene
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What Gswc - Bell, Bell Gardens's record does not cover
Everything on this page is Gswc - Bell, Bell Gardens's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for Gswc - Bell, Bell Gardens - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.