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What About Lead?

Carrolls Creek Water Authority - click here to return to the utility page.

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: 35

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
2019-07-1220113640033_PBCU13.0 ppb
2019-07-1220113640010_PBCU3.20 ppb
2019-07-1220113640025_PBCU2.60 ppb
2019-07-1220113640022_PBCU2.40 ppb
2019-07-1220113640012_PBCU1.90 ppb
2019-07-1220113640015_PBCU1.70 ppb
2019-07-1220113640018_PBCU1.30 ppb
2019-07-1220113640014_PBCU1.10 ppb
2019-07-1220113640027_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640030_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640026_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640024_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640023_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640021_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640020_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640017_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640035_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640034_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640032_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640031_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640029_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640028_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640016_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640019_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640003_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640002_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640004_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640005_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640006_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640007_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640008_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640009_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640011_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640013_PBCUND
2019-07-1220113640001_PBCUND
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