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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: 80

Highest level detected in 2019: 3.0 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
2019-11-06LLI757233.00 ppb
2019-08-20LLI584822.00 ppb
2019-06-18LLI444421.000 ppb
2019-03-28LLI311791.000 ppb
2019-10-22LLI72296ND
2019-10-23LLI72298ND
2019-10-22LLI72297ND
2019-09-16LLI64274ND
2019-09-16LLI64279ND
2019-09-11LLI64280ND
2019-09-10LLI64285ND
2019-09-10LLI64278ND
2019-09-10LLI64275ND
2019-09-10LLI64281ND
2019-09-10LLI64282ND
2019-09-10LLI64286ND
2019-09-10LLI64287ND
2019-09-10LLI64276ND
2019-09-10LLI64283ND
2019-09-10LLI64277ND
2019-09-09LLI64284ND
2019-08-21LLI58483ND
2019-11-06LLI75724ND
2019-11-21LLI79876ND
2019-11-20LLI79872ND
2019-11-20LLI79874ND
2019-11-20LLI79873ND
2019-11-20LLI79871ND
2019-11-20LLI79875ND
2019-11-06LLI75720ND
2019-11-06LLI75721ND
2019-11-06LLI75715ND
2019-10-22LLI72294ND
2019-11-06LLI75714ND
2019-11-06LLI75719ND
2019-11-06LLI75716ND
2019-11-06LLI75718ND
2019-11-06LLI75722ND
2019-11-06LLI75717ND
2019-10-23LLI72295ND
2019-07-16LLI50141ND
2019-03-28LLI31180ND
2019-04-09LLI32786ND
2019-04-09LLI32789ND
2019-04-09LLI32794ND
2019-04-09LLI32783ND
2019-03-29LLI31176ND
2019-03-29LLI31181ND
2019-03-28LLI31177ND
2019-03-28LLI31175ND
2019-03-28LLI31168ND
2019-04-09LLI32793ND
2019-03-28LLI31170ND
2019-03-28LLI31173ND
2019-03-28LLI31172ND
2019-03-28LLI31174ND
2019-03-28LLI31169ND
2019-03-28LLI31171ND
2019-03-28LLI31167ND
2019-03-28LLI31178ND
2019-03-20LLI30152ND
2019-04-10LLI32791ND
2019-03-20LLI30153ND
2019-06-18LLI44443ND
2019-05-21LLI38800ND
2019-05-21LLI38799ND
2019-04-16LLI33724ND
2019-04-16LLI33727ND
2019-04-16LLI33723ND
2019-04-16LLI33726ND
2019-04-10LLI33725ND
2019-07-16LLI50142ND
2019-04-09LLI32792ND
2019-04-09LLI32790ND
2019-04-09LLI32784ND
2019-04-09LLI32785ND
2019-04-09LLI32782ND
2019-04-09LLI32781ND
2019-04-09LLI32788ND
2019-04-09LLI32787ND
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