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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: 30

Highest level detected in 2019: 3.4 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
2019-09-0578795103.40 ppb
2019-09-0478795121.90 ppb
2019-09-0478795261.50 ppb
2019-09-0478795011.50 ppb
2019-09-0478795191.40 ppb
2019-09-0578795131.30 ppb
2019-09-0478795161.10 ppb
2019-09-047879525ND
2019-09-047879503ND
2019-09-047879527ND
2019-09-047879528ND
2019-09-047879530ND
2019-09-047879529ND
2019-09-057879514ND
2019-09-057879523ND
2019-09-067879504ND
2019-09-067879511ND
2019-09-047879502ND
2019-09-047879524ND
2019-09-047879505ND
2019-09-047879506ND
2019-09-047879507ND
2019-09-047879508ND
2019-09-047879509ND
2019-09-047879515ND
2019-09-047879517ND
2019-09-047879518ND
2019-09-047879520ND
2019-09-047879521ND
2019-09-047879522ND
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