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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: 59

Highest level detected in 2019: 6.7 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
2019-08-12CD827086.70 ppb
2019-07-10CD535235.70 ppb
2019-07-09CD535242.10 ppb
2019-07-09CD535252.00 ppb
2019-07-09CD535041.10 ppb
2019-06-26CD424730.600 ppb
2019-07-14CD59392ND
2019-07-14CD59398ND
2019-07-14CD59397ND
2019-07-14CD59396ND
2019-07-14CD59395ND
2019-07-14CD59394ND
2019-07-14CD59393ND
2019-08-07CD80116ND
2019-07-10CD53503ND
2019-07-10CD53520ND
2019-07-10CD53522ND
2019-07-10CD53509ND
2019-07-31CD69099ND
2019-08-07CD80115ND
2019-07-09CD53507ND
2019-08-07CD80117ND
2019-08-07CD80118ND
2019-08-07CD80119ND
2019-08-07CD80120ND
2019-08-07CD80121ND
2019-08-07CD80122ND
2019-08-07CD80123ND
2019-08-07CD80124ND
2019-08-12CD82707ND
2019-08-12CD82709ND
2019-08-12CD82710ND
2019-07-09CD53512ND
2019-06-19CD38011ND
2019-06-19CD38012ND
2019-06-19CD38013ND
2019-06-24CD40812ND
2019-06-26CD42474ND
2019-06-26CD42475ND
2019-06-26CD42476ND
2019-06-26CD42471ND
2019-06-26CD42472ND
2019-07-03CD50737ND
2019-07-03CD50736ND
2019-07-08CD53511ND
2019-07-09CD53510ND
2019-07-09CD53541ND
2019-07-09CD53513ND
2019-07-09CD53514ND
2019-07-09CD53515ND
2019-07-09CD53516ND
2019-07-09CD53517ND
2019-07-09CD53518ND
2019-07-09CD53519ND
2019-07-09CD53521ND
2019-07-09CD53505ND
2019-07-09CD53506ND
2019-06-19CD38010ND
2019-07-09CD53508ND
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