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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: 38

Highest level detected in 2019: 3.5 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
2019-09-2012463673.50 ppb
2019-09-2012463753.30 ppb
2019-09-2012463762.50 ppb
2019-09-2012463702.20 ppb
2019-09-2012463711.70 ppb
2019-09-2012463741.40 ppb
2019-12-0912851871.20 ppb
2019-09-201246377ND
2019-09-201246373ND
2019-09-201246378ND
2019-12-091285186ND
2019-09-201246369ND
2019-09-201246368ND
2019-08-071220017ND
2019-09-201246366ND
2019-09-201246365ND
2019-09-201246364ND
2019-09-201246363ND
2019-08-071220018ND
2019-08-071220008ND
2019-02-261126279ND
2019-02-261126280ND
2019-02-261126281ND
2019-02-261126282ND
2019-02-261126283ND
2019-02-261126284ND
2019-02-261126285ND
2019-08-071220006ND
2019-08-071220007ND
2019-02-261126278ND
2019-08-071220009ND
2019-08-071220010ND
2019-08-071220011ND
2019-08-071220012ND
2019-08-071220013ND
2019-08-071220014ND
2019-08-071220015ND
2019-08-071220016ND
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