LONG BEACH CITY: EPA violation history, explained
LONG BEACH CITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 35,000, over 7,308 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
7 total violations and 3 health-based ones put LONG BEACH CITY at the 58th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,418 of 12,903.
Against the NY average
NY's 443 covered systems average 4.1 health-based violations each; LONG BEACH CITY carries 3, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
LONG BEACH CITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2019-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
The concern categories on record
LONG BEACH CITY'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); Revised Total Coliform Rule
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 LONG BEACH CITY's record does not cover
Everything on this page is LONG BEACH CITY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 7 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.