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What About Lead?

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According to EWG’s analysis of 2019 lead testing results, this utility detected excessive lead in water served to some customers. 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: 60

Highest level detected in 2019: 6,800.0 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
2019-01-1943277246,800.0 ppb
2019-05-1043277254,900.0 ppb
2019-06-1043277214,800.0 ppb
2019-01-0943277442,600.0 ppb
2019-01-09432775155.0 ppb
2019-01-09432775021.0 ppb
2019-01-11432773610.00 ppb
2019-04-0243277376.80 ppb
2019-01-0943277474.80 ppb
2019-01-1443277163.60 ppb
2019-01-0943277453.50 ppb
2019-01-2543277093.40 ppb
2019-01-1043277403.30 ppb
2019-02-0443274213.00 ppb
2019-05-2543277102.60 ppb
2019-01-0943277462.50 ppb
2019-05-1443277172.20 ppb
2019-06-2143277061.40 ppb
2019-02-0443277071.20 ppb
2019-05-094327731ND
2019-04-024327739ND
2019-04-024327743ND
2019-04-244327416ND
2019-04-254327418ND
2019-05-024327420ND
2019-05-094327729ND
2019-06-084327733ND
2019-05-174327714ND
2019-05-094327735ND
2019-05-104327723ND
2019-05-214327704ND
2019-05-204327708ND
2019-05-104327727ND
2019-02-064327728ND
2019-05-134327719ND
2019-05-164327715ND
2019-05-174327712ND
2019-01-114327730ND
2019-01-094327419ND
2019-01-094327741ND
2019-01-094327748ND
2019-01-094327749ND
2019-01-094327752ND
2019-01-094327753ND
2019-01-104321126ND
2019-01-104327417ND
2019-01-104327720ND
2019-01-104327732ND
2019-01-104327738ND
2019-03-294327705ND
2019-01-144327422ND
2019-01-164327718ND
2019-01-184327722ND
2019-01-184327742ND
2019-01-094327415ND
2019-02-084327734ND
2019-02-124327423ND
2019-03-084327713ND
2019-03-114327711ND
2019-03-124327703ND
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