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Drinking water compliance, PFAS records, natural water body health, discharge permits, and water-quality monitoring records for Palmdale.
Public water-system records for Palmdale, CA from EPA SDWIS.
Palmdale Water Dist.
PFAS detected below the official threshold used by this report.
Reviewed: active/open records as of Q1 2026
City listed in EPA records · Serves 126,804 people
Data from EPA SDWIS
PFAS screening separates EPA UCMR5 drinking-water monitoring from nearby DoD PFAS investigation-site records; EPA samples shown are from Jun 2024 to Dec 2024.
Drinking Water PFAS Monitoring
EPA UCMR5 samples public water systems. These results are separate from nearby PFAS cleanup or investigation-site records.
PFAS detections below EPA limits.
Nearby PFAS Investigation Sites
DoD records are nearby site investigations, not Palmdale drinking-water detections. Record names come from the source database and can be broad.
No DoD PFAS investigation records shown for this report.
Water Body Impairment (ATTAINS) city records are temporarily unavailable.
Reviewed: source records as of Q4 2025
Reviewed: source records as of 2026
Air quality data from EPA monitoring stations, facility emissions inventories, and area-level air-quality designations in this city.
Los Angeles County
Reported: Dec 2020
EPA national average is ~30 per million
According to EPA, a cancer risk of 40-in-1-million means that for every 1 million people continuously exposed to these air toxics over a 70-year lifetime, an estimated 40 may develop cancer from that exposure. This is in addition to cancer risk from all other causes.
Top local emission sources
Data from EPA AirToxScreen
Air Quality Nonattainment Areas city records are temporarily unavailable.
Lancaster - Fairgrounds
Annual mean: 10.0 ppb · EPA standard: 100 ppb
Reported: 2024
Annual mean: 0.053 ppm · EPA standard: 0.07 ppm
Annual standard context: 30 exceedance days recorded in the reporting period
Reported: 2024
Annual mean: 23.6 μg/m³ · EPA standard: 150 μg/m³
Reported: 2024
Data from EPA AQS
Reviewed: source records as of Q4 2025
TRI releases are self-reported annual totals (calendar year 2024). Hover fugitive or stack for definitions.
Holliday Rock-Palmdale
Reported: 2024
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co
Reported: 2024
Contaminated sites, waste facilities, cleanup records, and industrial operations in this city.
Reviewed: source query run Oct 2026
Reviewed: source query run Oct 2026
Facilities with hazardous-waste handler records under RCRA in the reviewed 5-mile city-center search area. Active handler status is separate from air, water, or other ECHO compliance violations, which are shown in their own sections.
Active RCRA handler records in the reviewed city search area
No release reports shown in this group.
Reviewed: active/open records as of 2018
Data from EPA UST Finder
Reviewed: reporting year 2024
Formerly Used Defense Sites are properties previously owned by, leased to, or otherwise possessed by the United States and under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense. The FUDS program addresses environmental restoration at these properties.
Open data source: USACE FUDSReported: Oct 2026
Reported: Oct 2026
Reported: Oct 2026
Sites regulated by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, including mines, sand and gravel operations, and portable crushers. Status and type are from the MSHA Mine Data Retrieval System. Records with active/intermittent status dates older than 5 years are shown as older records rather than current active sites.
No records shown in this group.
Reviewed: status dates within last 5 years
Data from MSHA
Los Angeles County, CA
Reported: Mar 2026
Los Angeles County is EPA Radon Zone 2 (moderate potential). EPA defines Zone 2 counties as having predicted average indoor screening levels between 2 pCi/L and 4 pCi/L.
Radon levels can vary from home to home, so EPA recommends testing the property to know its indoor level.
Flood-map status, chemical accident risk, nuclear facilities, pipeline incidents, and community health indicators in this city.
FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer maps flood risk. Properties in a Special Flood Hazard Area are required to carry flood insurance if they have a federally backed mortgage.
Minimal flood hazard — outside the 1% and 0.2% annual chance floodplains.
Risk Management Program records cover listed chemicals above EPA thresholds. Records may include historical registrations and do not confirm current operations or current chemical inventories.
Accident history is not established by these EPA ECHO facility records.
Reviewed: source records as of Q1 2026
Data from EPA ECHO
Reviewed: 2000-present
Health outcomes from County Health Rankings. Values shown alongside state and national averages.
Los Angeles County, CaliforniaPop. 9,721,138
Reported: Mar 2026
Premature Death
Poor or Fair Health
Poor Physical Health Days
Poor Mental Health Days
Adult Smoking
Adult Obesity
Air Pollution - Particulate Matter
Drinking Water Violations
Diabetes Prevalence
Life Expectancy
| Indicator | County | State | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premature Death | 6,317 | 6,373 | 7,972 |
| Poor or Fair Health | 18.2% | 15.8% | 14.2% |
| Poor Physical Health Days | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| Poor Mental Health Days | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| Adult Smoking | 11.0% | 8.8% | 15.0% |
| Adult Obesity | 28.5% | 27.8% | 34.0% |
| Air Pollution - Particulate Matter | 13.4 | 7.1 | 7.3 |
| Drinking Water Violations | 1 | 1 | N/A |
| Diabetes Prevalence | 11.7% | 10.8% | 9.6% |
| Life Expectancy | 80.1 | 79.9 | 77.6 |