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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: 30

Highest level detected in 2019: 7.4 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
2019-08-0619-253C7.40 ppb
2019-07-0919-222D2.40 ppb
2019-08-2219-274BND
2019-09-1719-298JND
2019-09-1719-298IND
2019-09-1719-298HND
2019-09-1719-298GND
2019-09-1719-298FND
2019-09-1719-298END
2019-09-1719-298DND
2019-09-1719-298CND
2019-09-1719-298BND
2019-09-1719-298AND
2019-08-2219-274FND
2019-08-2219-274END
2019-08-2219-274DND
2019-08-2219-274CND
2019-07-0919-222AND
2019-08-2219-274AND
2019-08-0619-253DND
2019-08-0619-253BND
2019-08-0619-253AND
2019-07-0919-222JND
2019-07-0919-222IND
2019-07-0919-222HND
2019-07-0919-222GND
2019-07-0919-222FND
2019-07-0919-222END
2019-07-0919-222CND
2019-07-0919-222BND
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