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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: 121

Highest level detected in 2019: 16.2 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
2019-04-021904277-056A16.2 ppb
2019-10-081910693-052A14.4 ppb
2019-10-081910693-026A12.1 ppb
2019-10-081910693-016A9.14 ppb
2019-10-081910693-027A8.63 ppb
2019-10-081910693-021A8.22 ppb
2019-04-021904277-034A7.80 ppb
2019-10-081910693-001A7.36 ppb
2019-04-021904277-011A7.22 ppb
2019-04-021904277-050A7.17 ppb
2019-04-021904277-024A6.77 ppb
2019-04-021904277-009A6.64 ppb
2019-10-081910693-014A6.62 ppb
2019-10-081910693-049A6.27 ppb
2019-10-081910693-003A6.26 ppb
2019-10-081910693-013A5.60 ppb
2019-10-081910693-032A5.57 ppb
2019-04-021904277-004A5.56 ppb
2019-10-081910693-012A5.44 ppb
2019-04-021904277-057A5.24 ppb
2019-10-081910693-039A5.20 ppb
2019-10-081910693-022A5.09 ppb
2019-10-081910693-023A4.82 ppb
2019-10-081910693-028A4.55 ppb
2019-04-021904277-039A4.39 ppb
2019-10-081910693-017A4.13 ppb
2019-10-081910693-044A3.94 ppb
2019-10-081910693-045A3.66 ppb
2019-04-021904277-037A3.46 ppb
2019-10-081910693-030A3.40 ppb
2019-04-021904277-048A3.36 ppb
2019-04-021904277-051A3.26 ppb
2019-04-021904277-020A3.14 ppb
2019-10-081910693-020A3.13 ppb
2019-04-021904277-014A3.06 ppb
2019-10-081910693-054A3.06 ppb
2019-10-081910693-048A2.99 ppb
2019-04-021904277-046A2.90 ppb
2019-10-081910693-031A2.87 ppb
2019-04-021904277-053A2.84 ppb
2019-10-081910693-006A2.78 ppb
2019-04-021904277-036A2.65 ppb
2019-04-021904277-015A2.60 ppb
2019-10-081910693-047A2.59 ppb
2019-10-081910693-038A2.51 ppb
2019-04-021904277-059A2.45 ppb
2019-04-021904277-023A2.44 ppb
2019-04-021904277-060A2.42 ppb
2019-04-021904277-035A2.24 ppb
2019-10-091910740-003A2.19 ppb
2019-10-081910693-024A2.18 ppb
2019-04-021904277-021A2.17 ppb
2019-10-081910693-053A2.10 ppb
2019-10-081910693-056A2.07 ppb
2019-04-021904277-002A2.06 ppb
2019-04-021904277-033A2.06 ppb
2019-04-021904277-001AND
2019-04-021904277-003AND
2019-04-021904277-005AND
2019-04-021904277-006AND
2019-04-021904277-007AND
2019-04-021904277-008AND
2019-04-021904277-010AND
2019-04-021904277-012AND
2019-04-021904277-013AND
2019-04-021904277-016AND
2019-04-021904277-017AND
2019-04-021904277-018AND
2019-04-021904277-019AND
2019-04-021904277-022AND
2019-04-021904277-025AND
2019-04-021904277-026AND
2019-04-021904277-027AND
2019-04-021904277-028AND
2019-04-021904277-029AND
2019-04-021904277-030AND
2019-04-021904277-031AND
2019-04-021904277-032AND
2019-04-021904277-038AND
2019-04-021904277-040AND
2019-04-021904277-041AND
2019-04-021904277-042AND
2019-04-021904277-043AND
2019-04-021904277-044AND
2019-04-021904277-045AND
2019-04-021904277-047AND
2019-04-021904277-049AND
2019-04-021904277-052AND
2019-04-021904277-054AND
2019-04-021904277-055AND
2019-04-021904277-058AND
2019-10-081910693-002AND
2019-10-081910693-004AND
2019-10-081910693-005AND
2019-10-081910693-007AND
2019-10-081910693-008AND
2019-10-081910693-010AND
2019-10-081910693-011AND
2019-10-081910693-015AND
2019-10-081910693-018AND
2019-10-081910693-019AND
2019-10-081910693-025AND
2019-10-081910693-029AND
2019-10-081910693-033AND
2019-10-081910693-034AND
2019-10-081910693-035AND
2019-10-081910693-036AND
2019-10-081910693-037AND
2019-10-081910693-040AND
2019-10-081910693-041AND
2019-10-081910693-042AND
2019-10-081910693-043AND
2019-10-081910693-046AND
2019-10-081910693-050AND
2019-10-081910693-051AND
2019-10-081910693-055AND
2019-10-081910693-057AND
2019-10-081910740-001AND
2019-10-081910740-005AND
2019-10-091910740-002AND
2019-10-091910740-004AND
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