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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: 110

Highest level detected in 2019: 107.0 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
2019-07-169090008-02107.0 ppb
2019-03-189C25033-0826.9 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-4622.1 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-1712.7 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-239.27 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-338.51 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-167.71 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-234.30 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-533.55 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-492.76 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-062.75 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-052.28 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-602.25 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-302.22 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-352.16 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-451.79 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-371.74 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-421.67 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-281.64 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-361.60 ppb
2019-03-209C25033-641.57 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-241.55 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-341.40 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-621.38 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-361.33 ppb
2019-03-189C25033-071.23 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-151.20 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-631.18 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-221.11 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-291.07 ppb
2019-05-219E23186-011.06 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-341.05 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-201.05 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-260.974 ppb
2019-03-209C25033-560.970 ppb
2019-03-189C25033-590.969 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-310.927 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-130.888 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-180.886 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-110.884 ppb
2019-03-189C25033-190.836 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-520.801 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-130.779 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-110.775 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-290.772 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-320.750 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-250.748 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-140.746 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-440.726 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-470.710 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-140.701 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-210.700 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-100.673 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-120.635 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-240.633 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-400.621 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-210.607 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-010.566 ppb
2019-03-209C25033-670.553 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-090.524 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-300.521 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-580.511 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-280.506 ppb
2019-07-169G22041-270.501 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-480.316 ppb
2019-03-189C25033-550.302 ppb
2019-03-199C25033-02ND
2019-03-199C25033-39ND
2019-03-199C25033-33ND
2019-03-199C25033-43ND
2019-03-199C25033-37ND
2019-03-199C25033-38ND
2019-03-199C25033-31ND
2019-03-199C25033-17ND
2019-03-199C25033-50ND
2019-03-199C25033-18ND
2019-03-199C25033-32ND
2019-03-199C25033-35ND
2019-03-199C25033-54ND
2019-03-199C25033-03ND
2019-03-199C25033-12ND
2019-03-199C25033-57ND
2019-03-199C25033-61ND
2019-03-199C25033-27ND
2019-03-199C25033-04ND
2019-03-199C25033-51ND
2019-03-199C25033-41ND
2019-03-209C25033-66ND
2019-03-209C25033-68ND
2019-03-209C25033-65ND
2019-03-209C25033-69ND
2019-07-169090008-01ND
2019-07-169090008-03ND
2019-07-169090008-04ND
2019-07-169090008-05ND
2019-07-169090008-06ND
2019-07-169090008-07ND
2019-07-169090008-08ND
2019-07-169090008-09ND
2019-07-169090008-10ND
2019-07-169G22041-15ND
2019-07-169G22041-16ND
2019-07-169G22041-19ND
2019-07-169G22041-20ND
2019-07-169G22041-22ND
2019-07-169G22041-25ND
2019-07-169G22041-26ND
2019-07-169G22041-38ND
2019-07-169G22041-39ND
2019-07-169G22041-40ND
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