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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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What About Lead?

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According to EWG’s analysis of 2019 lead testing results, this utility complied with federal water quality regulations for lead. Under the federal Lead and Copper Rule, lead concentrations must be below 15 parts per billion (ppb) in 90 percent of households sampled. If this legal limit is exceeded, the water utility must apply measures to control lead leaching from water pipes.

Number of lead samples taken in 2019: 30

Highest level detected in 2019: 4.0 ppb

Levels of lead detected


Complying with the EPA's lead rules doesn't mean that the water is safe for children to drink. The EPA’s recent modeling suggests that lead concentrations in the 3.8 to 15 ppb range can put a formula-fed baby at risk of elevated blood lead levels. In 2009, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment set a public health goal level of 0.2 ppb for lead in drinking water to protect against even subtle IQ loss in children.

Lead Results, 2019

Samples in red indicate that the sample is above the EPA action level.

DateLab IDResult
2019-09-18AK320744.00 ppb
2019-09-18AK320571.70 ppb
2019-09-18AK320771.20 ppb
2019-09-18AK320671.000 ppb
2019-09-20AK32065ND
2019-09-17AK32051ND
2019-09-19AK32071ND
2019-09-19AK32066ND
2019-09-18AK32073ND
2019-09-18AK32072ND
2019-09-18AK32070ND
2019-09-18AK32068ND
2019-09-18AK32064ND
2019-09-18AK32060ND
2019-09-18AK32059ND
2019-09-18AK32058ND
2019-09-18AK32056ND
2019-09-18AK32055ND
2019-09-18AK32054ND
2019-09-18AK32053ND
2019-09-18AK32052ND
2019-09-18AK32050ND
2019-09-18AK32049ND
2019-09-18AK32048ND
2019-09-17AK32076ND
2019-09-17AK32075ND
2019-09-17AK32069ND
2019-09-17AK32063ND
2019-09-17AK32062ND
2019-09-17AK32061ND
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