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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: 120

Highest level detected in 2019: 16.1 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
2019-03-2619C0479-03_0116.1 ppb
2019-03-2819C0511-015.32 ppb
2019-03-2519C0479-11_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-01_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-02_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-04_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-05_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-06_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-08_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-09_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-10_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-12_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-13_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-14_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-15_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-16_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-17_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-18_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-19_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-20_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-21_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-22_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-23_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-24_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-25_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-26_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-27_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-28_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-29_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-30_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-31_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-32_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-33_01ND
2019-03-2619C0479-34_01ND
2019-03-2719C0479-07_01ND
2019-03-2719C0503-01ND
2019-03-2719C0503-03ND
2019-03-2719C0503-04ND
2019-03-2719C0511-02ND
2019-03-2719C0511-03ND
2019-03-2719C0511-04ND
2019-03-2719C0511-05ND
2019-03-2719C0511-06ND
2019-03-2719C0511-07ND
2019-03-2819C0503-02ND
2019-03-2919D0001-01ND
2019-04-0119D0023-01ND
2019-04-0119D0023-02ND
2019-04-0119D0087-01ND
2019-04-0119D0087-03ND
2019-04-0219D0087-02ND
2019-04-0219D0087-04ND
2019-04-0219D0087-05ND
2019-04-0319D0124-01ND
2019-04-0319D0124-02ND
2019-04-0419D0145-01ND
2019-04-0419D0145-02ND
2019-04-0419D0145-03ND
2019-04-1019D0323-01ND
2019-04-1119D0332-01ND
2019-08-0519H0383-13ND
2019-08-0619H0383-08ND
2019-08-0619H0383-10ND
2019-08-0619H0383-11ND
2019-08-0619H0383-12ND
2019-08-0619H0383-14ND
2019-08-0619H0383-15ND
2019-08-0619H0383-16ND
2019-08-0619H0383-17ND
2019-08-0619H0383-18ND
2019-08-0619H0383-19ND
2019-08-0619H0387-01ND
2019-08-0619H0387-02ND
2019-08-0619H0387-03ND
2019-08-0619H0387-04ND
2019-08-0619H0387-05ND
2019-08-0619H0387-06ND
2019-08-0619H0387-07ND
2019-08-0619H0387-08ND
2019-08-0619H0387-09ND
2019-08-0619H0387-10ND
2019-08-0619H0387-11ND
2019-08-0619H0387-12ND
2019-08-0619H0387-13ND
2019-08-0619H0387-14ND
2019-08-0619H0387-15ND
2019-08-0619H0387-16ND
2019-08-0619H0387-17ND
2019-08-0619H0387-18ND
2019-08-0619H0387-19ND
2019-08-0619H0387-20ND
2019-08-0619H0403-01ND
2019-08-0619H0403-02ND
2019-08-0619H0403-03ND
2019-08-0619H0403-04ND
2019-08-0619H0403-05ND
2019-08-0619H0403-06ND
2019-08-0619H0403-07ND
2019-08-0619H0403-08ND
2019-08-0619H0403-09ND
2019-08-0619H0405-01ND
2019-08-0619H0405-02ND
2019-08-0619H0405-03ND
2019-08-0619H0405-04ND
2019-08-0619H0405-05ND
2019-08-0619H0405-06ND
2019-08-0619H0405-07ND
2019-08-0619H0405-08ND
2019-08-0619H0405-09ND
2019-08-0619H0405-10ND
2019-08-0719H0383-01ND
2019-08-0719H0383-02ND
2019-08-0719H0383-03ND
2019-08-0719H0383-04ND
2019-08-0719H0383-05ND
2019-08-0719H0383-06ND
2019-08-0719H0383-07ND
2019-08-0719H0383-09ND
2019-08-1219H0611-01ND
2019-08-1919H0803-01ND
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