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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: 94

Highest level detected in 2019: 10.1 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
2019-04-15Y19108003910.1 ppb
2019-12-16Y1936000078.40 ppb
2019-12-14Y1936000174.50 ppb
2019-04-17Y1910800434.50 ppb
2019-05-13Y1914000493.90 ppb
2019-04-15Y1910800453.90 ppb
2019-04-15Y1910800402.00 ppb
2019-05-10Y1913700161.80 ppb
2019-12-15Y1936000151.80 ppb
2019-04-15Y1910800421.70 ppb
2019-12-23Y1936000121.60 ppb
2019-12-17Y1936000101.60 ppb
2019-05-02Y1912700011.60 ppb
2019-04-15Y1910800371.50 ppb
2019-12-17Y1936000141.50 ppb
2019-05-02Y1912700021.40 ppb
2019-12-16Y1936000081.20 ppb
2019-12-13Y1936000061.20 ppb
2019-12-23Y1936000391.10 ppb
2019-12-17Y1936000021.10 ppb
2019-04-14Y1910800531.10 ppb
2019-04-17Y1910800601.000 ppb
2019-12-15Y193600033ND
2019-12-23Y193600018ND
2019-12-16Y193600027ND
2019-12-16Y193600031ND
2019-12-23Y193600037ND
2019-12-16Y193600023ND
2019-12-15Y193600034ND
2019-12-15Y193600022ND
2019-12-16Y193600029ND
2019-12-15Y193600028ND
2019-12-14Y193600030ND
2019-12-14Y193600024ND
2019-12-23Y193600041ND
2019-12-14Y193600016ND
2019-12-14Y193600020ND
2019-05-23Y191540002ND
2019-12-23Y193600036ND
2019-12-20Y193600004ND
2019-12-16Y193600019ND
2019-12-16Y193600009ND
2019-12-23Y193600040ND
2019-12-23Y193600038ND
2019-12-17Y193600003ND
2019-12-20Y193600026ND
2019-12-17Y193600013ND
2019-12-20Y193600025ND
2019-12-17Y193600001ND
2019-12-18Y193600021ND
2019-12-19Y193600035ND
2019-12-19Y193600011ND
2019-12-20Y193600005ND
2019-12-19Y193600032ND
2019-04-15Y191080041ND
2019-04-30Y191270003ND
2019-04-28Y191270004ND
2019-04-26Y191270006ND
2019-04-26Y191270005ND
2019-04-19Y191120036ND
2019-04-18Y191080059ND
2019-04-16Y191080051ND
2019-04-16Y191080044ND
2019-04-16Y191080038ND
2019-04-30Y191270008ND
2019-04-15Y191080046ND
2019-04-15Y191080049ND
2019-04-15Y191080047ND
2019-04-15Y191080052ND
2019-04-15Y191080050ND
2019-04-15Y191080048ND
2019-04-15Y191080036ND
2019-04-15Y191080061ND
2019-04-06Y190990002ND
2019-05-15Y191400053ND
2019-06-07Y191690080ND
2019-06-06Y191690081ND
2019-05-27Y191540005ND
2019-05-24Y191540003ND
2019-04-05Y190990001ND
2019-05-22Y191540006ND
2019-05-21Y191540007ND
2019-05-21Y191540004ND
2019-05-20Y191540001ND
2019-07-12Y192260041ND
2019-05-12Y191400052ND
2019-05-12Y191400051ND
2019-05-09Y191370013ND
2019-05-09Y191370012ND
2019-05-09Y191370015ND
2019-05-09Y191370014ND
2019-05-07Y191370011ND
2019-05-02Y191270007ND
2019-05-02Y191270009ND
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