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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: 61

Highest level detected in 2019: 13.0 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
2019-06-234475020113.0 ppb
2019-06-254475030112.0 ppb
2019-07-02447505013.00 ppb
2019-07-03447465012.00 ppb
2019-07-03447464012.00 ppb
2019-07-02447462012.00 ppb
2019-06-14447477012.00 ppb
2019-12-09430277011.000 ppb
2019-10-24469165011.000 ppb
2019-07-27447498011.000 ppb
2019-07-02447507011.000 ppb
2019-07-01447461011.000 ppb
2019-08-1445729901ND
2019-07-2344749201ND
2019-07-2344746701ND
2019-07-2344746801ND
2019-07-2344748901ND
2019-07-2444749301ND
2019-06-0544738201ND
2019-07-2945729601ND
2019-07-3144749701ND
2019-08-0245729801ND
2019-08-0945730301ND
2019-08-1045730201ND
2019-08-1345730001ND
2019-07-2344749401ND
2019-08-1445730101ND
2019-08-1645730401ND
2019-08-1744744901ND
2019-08-2144745001ND
2019-08-2246481501ND
2019-08-2246481601ND
2019-08-2344745301ND
2019-02-1943027901ND
2019-10-2446916301ND
2019-11-2546916801ND
2019-01-3042613201ND
2019-07-0244750801ND
2019-06-1344738401ND
2019-06-1444747801ND
2019-06-1144747301ND
2019-06-2144745201ND
2019-06-1144747401ND
2019-06-2544750101ND
2019-06-1144747601ND
2019-06-2544750401ND
2019-06-3044746001ND
2019-06-1044747001ND
2019-07-0244750601ND
2019-06-1344749901ND
2019-06-1044747101ND
2019-07-0244745901ND
2019-06-1044747501ND
2019-06-1044750001ND
2019-07-0244746301ND
2019-06-0944746901ND
2019-06-0944747201ND
2019-07-1944749101ND
2019-07-2244749001ND
2019-07-2244749501ND
2019-07-2244749601ND
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