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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: 60

Highest level detected in 2019: 17.0 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
2019-08-19LLI5958617.0 ppb
2019-08-05LLI560504.00 ppb
2019-08-05LLI560494.00 ppb
2019-08-15LLI595754.00 ppb
2019-08-15LLI595743.00 ppb
2019-08-27LLI595802.00 ppb
2019-08-19LLI595872.00 ppb
2019-08-27LLI595811.000 ppb
2019-08-27LLI595891.000 ppb
2019-08-30LLI628611.000 ppb
2019-09-06LLI628701.000 ppb
2019-08-20LLI595821.000 ppb
2019-08-19LLI595731.000 ppb
2019-09-05LLI628641.000 ppb
2019-09-06LLI62874ND
2019-09-06LLI62875ND
2019-09-05LLI62872ND
2019-09-06LLI62871ND
2019-09-09LLI62879ND
2019-09-09LLI62878ND
2019-09-05LLI62873ND
2019-09-13LLI66156ND
2019-09-05LLI62880ND
2019-09-13LLI66161ND
2019-09-13LLI66162ND
2019-09-13LLI66151ND
2019-09-13LLI66155ND
2019-09-05LLI62863ND
2019-09-13LLI66152ND
2019-09-16LLI66153ND
2019-09-16LLI66154ND
2019-09-17LLI66157ND
2019-09-17LLI66158ND
2019-09-19LLI66149ND
2019-09-19LLI66150ND
2019-09-20LLI66159ND
2019-09-20LLI66160ND
2019-08-27LLI59588ND
2019-08-01LLI56045ND
2019-08-05LLI56047ND
2019-08-05LLI56048ND
2019-08-14LLI59585ND
2019-08-14LLI59584ND
2019-08-19LLI59572ND
2019-08-20LLI59576ND
2019-08-20LLI59583ND
2019-08-20LLI59577ND
2019-08-26LLI59578ND
2019-08-26LLI59579ND
2019-09-05LLI62876ND
2019-08-29LLI62868ND
2019-08-29LLI62869ND
2019-08-30LLI62860ND
2019-09-03LLI62866ND
2019-09-03LLI62867ND
2019-08-01LLI56046ND
2019-09-05LLI62865ND
2019-09-05LLI62881ND
2019-09-05LLI62862ND
2019-09-05LLI62877ND
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