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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: 33

Highest level detected in 2019: 104.0 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
2019-09-0444482801104.0 ppb
2019-09-054448190115.0 ppb
2019-09-064448230112.0 ppb
2019-08-16444807018.00 ppb
2019-08-16444805016.00 ppb
2019-08-16444815015.00 ppb
2019-08-16444804012.00 ppb
2019-09-06444824012.00 ppb
2019-08-16444808012.00 ppb
2019-09-05444831011.000 ppb
2019-09-05463792011.000 ppb
2019-09-05444817011.000 ppb
2019-09-05444827011.000 ppb
2019-08-17444826011.000 ppb
2019-08-16444806011.000 ppb
2019-08-16444810011.000 ppb
2019-09-0644483001ND
2019-09-0544483201ND
2019-09-0644482501ND
2019-09-0644482201ND
2019-10-3143999601ND
2019-09-0544481601ND
2019-08-2044481401ND
2019-09-0544482901ND
2019-09-0444481801ND
2019-07-1144482001ND
2019-08-2044481301ND
2019-08-1944481201ND
2019-08-1644481101ND
2019-08-1344480901ND
2019-07-2344482101ND
2019-07-1644480301ND
2019-07-1545716201ND
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