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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: 120

Highest level detected in 2019: 50.0 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
2019-08-139774401650.0 ppb
2019-03-22974190139.00 ppb
2019-08-13977440026.00 ppb
2019-04-12974637285.00 ppb
2019-03-22974190013.00 ppb
2019-03-22974190272.00 ppb
2019-03-22974190282.00 ppb
2019-04-12974637032.00 ppb
2019-08-13977440152.00 ppb
2019-08-13977440262.00 ppb
2019-03-2297419002ND
2019-03-2297419003ND
2019-03-2297419004ND
2019-03-2297419005ND
2019-03-2297419006ND
2019-03-2297419007ND
2019-03-2297419008ND
2019-03-2297419009ND
2019-03-2297419010ND
2019-03-2297419011ND
2019-03-2297419012ND
2019-03-2297419014ND
2019-03-2297419015ND
2019-03-2297419016ND
2019-03-2297419017ND
2019-03-2297419018ND
2019-03-2297419019ND
2019-03-2297419020ND
2019-03-2297419021ND
2019-03-2297419022ND
2019-03-2297419023ND
2019-03-2297419024ND
2019-03-2297419025ND
2019-03-2297419026ND
2019-03-2297419029ND
2019-03-2297419030ND
2019-04-1297463701ND
2019-04-1297463702ND
2019-04-1297463704ND
2019-04-1297463705ND
2019-04-1297463706ND
2019-04-1297463707ND
2019-04-1297463708ND
2019-04-1297463709ND
2019-04-1297463710ND
2019-04-1297463711ND
2019-04-1297463712ND
2019-04-1297463713ND
2019-04-1297463714ND
2019-04-1297463715ND
2019-04-1297463716ND
2019-04-1297463717ND
2019-04-1297463718ND
2019-04-1297463719ND
2019-04-1297463720ND
2019-04-1297463721ND
2019-04-1297463722ND
2019-04-1297463723ND
2019-04-1297463724ND
2019-04-1297463725ND
2019-04-1297463726ND
2019-04-1297463727ND
2019-04-1297463729ND
2019-04-1297463730ND
2019-08-1397744001ND
2019-08-1397744003ND
2019-08-1397744004ND
2019-08-1397744005ND
2019-08-1397744006ND
2019-08-1397744007ND
2019-08-1397744008ND
2019-08-1397744009ND
2019-08-1397744010ND
2019-08-1397744011ND
2019-08-1397744012ND
2019-08-1397744013ND
2019-08-1397744014ND
2019-08-1397744017ND
2019-08-1397744018ND
2019-08-1397744019ND
2019-08-1397744020ND
2019-08-1397744021ND
2019-08-1397744022ND
2019-08-1397744023ND
2019-08-1397744024ND
2019-08-1397744025ND
2019-08-1397744027ND
2019-08-1397744028ND
2019-08-1397744029ND
2019-08-1397744030ND
2019-08-1397823401ND
2019-08-1397823402ND
2019-08-1397823403ND
2019-08-1397823404ND
2019-08-1397823405ND
2019-08-1397823406ND
2019-08-1397823407ND
2019-08-1397823408ND
2019-08-1397823409ND
2019-08-1397823410ND
2019-08-1397823411ND
2019-08-1397823412ND
2019-08-1397823413ND
2019-08-1397823414ND
2019-08-1397823415ND
2019-08-1397823416ND
2019-08-1397823417ND
2019-08-1397823418ND
2019-08-1397823419ND
2019-08-1397823420ND
2019-08-1397823421ND
2019-08-1397823422ND
2019-08-1397823423ND
2019-08-1397823424ND
2019-08-1397823425ND
2019-08-1397823426ND
2019-08-1397823427ND
2019-08-1397823428ND
2019-08-1397823429ND
2019-08-1397823430ND
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