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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: 58

Highest level detected in 2019: 14.0 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
2019-08-014661160114.0 ppb
2019-08-02466122019.00 ppb
2019-08-30466145015.00 ppb
2019-08-29466142013.00 ppb
2019-07-31466107012.00 ppb
2019-08-01466112011.000 ppb
2019-09-06466159011.000 ppb
2019-08-02466131011.000 ppb
2019-12-0547756801ND
2019-08-0946613701ND
2019-08-1446615001ND
2019-08-1546614301ND
2019-08-1546613801ND
2019-08-1546613601ND
2019-08-1546613901ND
2019-08-2046614901ND
2019-08-2246614801ND
2019-08-2246614701ND
2019-08-2846615101ND
2019-08-2846615401ND
2019-08-2946615201ND
2019-09-0646616001ND
2019-08-2946614601ND
2019-02-0543293901ND
2019-08-2946615301ND
2019-08-2946614101ND
2019-09-2446616601ND
2019-09-0546615501ND
2019-09-0546615601ND
2019-09-0546615801ND
2019-09-0546615701ND
2019-09-0646616101ND
2019-08-0246612301ND
2019-08-0146611301ND
2019-08-0146610801ND
2019-08-0146611401ND
2019-08-0146611501ND
2019-08-0146613001ND
2019-08-0146611001ND
2019-08-0246611701ND
2019-08-0246612101ND
2019-08-0246611801ND
2019-08-0246610901ND
2019-08-0246611101ND
2019-08-0246614001ND
2019-08-0946613301ND
2019-08-0246611901ND
2019-08-0246612001ND
2019-08-0246612601ND
2019-08-0546612401ND
2019-08-0546613401ND
2019-08-0646612501ND
2019-08-0646612701ND
2019-08-0646614401ND
2019-08-0646612901ND
2019-08-0646612801ND
2019-08-0746613501ND
2019-08-0946613201ND
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