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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: 50

Highest level detected in 2019: 16.0 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
2019-09-15AK3224716.0 ppb
2019-09-16AK322467.60 ppb
2019-09-13AK322624.00 ppb
2019-09-14AK322322.30 ppb
2019-09-18AK322522.20 ppb
2019-09-19AK322801.60 ppb
2019-09-15AK322451.50 ppb
2019-09-16AK32267ND
2019-09-16AK32240ND
2019-09-16AK32251ND
2019-09-16AK32253ND
2019-09-16AK32255ND
2019-09-16AK32256ND
2019-09-16AK32257ND
2019-09-16AK32258ND
2019-09-16AK32260ND
2019-09-16AK32261ND
2019-09-16AK32263ND
2019-09-17AK32271ND
2019-09-16AK32269ND
2019-09-18AK32277ND
2019-09-16AK32270ND
2019-09-16AK32273ND
2019-09-17AK32234ND
2019-09-17AK32259ND
2019-09-17AK32265ND
2019-09-17AK32268ND
2019-09-15AK32264ND
2019-09-13AK32238ND
2019-09-13AK32243ND
2019-09-13AK32275ND
2019-09-14AK32242ND
2019-09-14AK32248ND
2019-09-14AK32249ND
2019-09-14AK32254ND
2019-09-14AK32276ND
2019-09-14AK32278ND
2019-09-15AK32236ND
2019-09-15AK32250ND
2019-09-16AK32244ND
2019-09-15AK32266ND
2019-09-15AK32272ND
2019-09-15AK32274ND
2019-09-15AK32279ND
2019-09-16AK32231ND
2019-09-16AK32233ND
2019-09-16AK32237ND
2019-09-16AK32239ND
2019-09-13AK32235ND
2019-09-16AK32241ND
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