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What About Lead?

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According to EWG’s analysis of 2019 lead testing results, this utility detected excessive lead in water served to some customers. 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: 223

Highest level detected in 2019: 1,040.0 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
2019-04-233904247251,040.0 ppb
2019-02-12390214719PBCR170.0 ppb
2019-04-10390411741125.0 ppb
2019-11-15391120703118.0 ppb
2019-04-17390418717116.0 ppb
2019-04-22390424721110.0 ppb
2019-04-24390501721105.0 ppb
2019-01-25390125705PBCR72.0 ppb
2019-03-05390307710PBCR69.0 ppb
2019-11-1239111570063.0 ppb
2019-04-2439042471862.0 ppb
2019-04-1039041173950.0 ppb
2019-04-1039041172647.0 ppb
2019-05-21390522711PBCR46.0 ppb
2019-01-15390117719PBCR44.0 ppb
2019-11-1339111573344.0 ppb
2019-02-06390207735PBCR41.0 ppb
2019-05-21390522709PBCR40.0 ppb
2019-01-09390109732PBCR39.0 ppb
2019-01-23390125704PBCR39.0 ppb
2019-11-1339111572836.0 ppb
2019-02-27390227744PBCR33.0 ppb
2019-07-30390807740PBCR33.0 ppb
2019-05-15390515717PBCR32.0 ppb
2019-01-23390125703PBCR30.0 ppb
2019-11-1339111572930.0 ppb
2019-09-17390918718PBCR28.0 ppb
2019-03-12390314713PBCR27.0 ppb
2019-08-28390828723PBCR27.0 ppb
2019-12-0439120477527.0 ppb
2019-04-2339042472225.0 ppb
2019-02-12390214721BCR21.0 ppb
2019-06-11390619744PBCR21.0 ppb
2019-11-1439111574321.0 ppb
2019-04-0939041173718.0 ppb
2019-01-09390109730PBCR17.0 ppb
2019-04-0939041172715.0 ppb
2019-05-07390508734PBCR15.0 ppb
2019-11-1439111574215.0 ppb
2019-11-1539111574015.0 ppb
2019-03-06390307713PBCR14.0 ppb
2019-09-17390918717PBCR14.0 ppb
2019-02-12390214722PBCR12.0 ppb
2019-02-20390227740PBCR12.0 ppb
2019-04-0939041172112.0 ppb
2019-12-0439120477612.0 ppb
2019-03-06390307712PBCR11.0 ppb
2019-04-2539050172011.0 ppb
2019-09-19390925748PBCR11.0 ppb
2019-04-2639050172210.00 ppb
2019-05-29390605733PBCR10.00 ppb
2019-11-133911157308.00 ppb
2019-11-143911157468.00 ppb
2019-02-13390214723PBCR7.00 ppb
2019-04-03390403703PBCR7.00 ppb
2019-09-25390925749PBCR7.00 ppb
2019-11-123911157137.00 ppb
2019-01-23390125701PBCR6.00 ppb
2019-04-093904117086.00 ppb
2019-04-10390411706PBCR6.00 ppb
2019-01-09390109733PBCR5.00 ppb
2019-06-18390619747PBCR5.00 ppb
2019-02-13390214724PBCR4.00 ppb
2019-03-07390307707PBCR4.00 ppb
2019-04-093904117354.00 ppb
2019-04-103904117284.00 ppb
2019-04-263905017244.00 ppb
2019-05-29390605732PBCR4.00 ppb
2019-06-25390626717PBCR4.00 ppb
2019-08-13390814720PBCR4.00 ppb
2019-11-183911207004.00 ppb
2019-04-103904117443.00 ppb
2019-04-103904117103.00 ppb
2019-07-16390717741PBCR3.00 ppb
2019-11-123911157023.00 ppb
2019-11-133911157263.00 ppb
2019-11-143911157353.00 ppb
2019-03-12390314714PBCR2.00 ppb
2019-04-103904117462.00 ppb
2019-05-29390605734PBCR2.00 ppb
2019-07-30390807741PBCR2.00 ppb
2019-11-133911157502.00 ppb
2019-11-133911157222.00 ppb
2019-11-143911157242.00 ppb
2019-03-05390307704PBCR1.000 ppb
2019-03-15390320722PBCR1.000 ppb
2019-04-093904117151.000 ppb
2019-04-103904117401.000 ppb
2019-04-303905017271.000 ppb
2019-05-013905017281.000 ppb
2019-05-21390522710PBCR1.000 ppb
2019-05-29390605735PBCR1.000 ppb
2019-06-14390619746PBCR1.000 ppb
2019-06-18390619750PBCR1.000 ppb
2019-06-19390626710PBCR1.000 ppb
2019-07-16390717737PBCR1.000 ppb
2019-07-16390717738PBCR1.000 ppb
2019-09-03390904747PBCR1.000 ppb
2019-11-123911157091.000 ppb
2019-11-133911157341.000 ppb
2019-11-133911157321.000 ppb
2019-11-133911157011.000 ppb
2019-11-143911157441.000 ppb
2019-11-143911157381.000 ppb
2019-11-143911157511.000 ppb
2019-01-09390109729PBCRND
2019-01-09390109731PBCRND
2019-01-11390117716PBCRND
2019-01-14390117718PBCRND
2019-01-15390117722PBCRND
2019-01-23390125700PBCRND
2019-01-23390125702PBCRND
2019-02-05390214718PBCRND
2019-02-12390214720PBCRND
2019-02-26390227741PBCRND
2019-02-26390227743PBCRND
2019-02-27390227745PBCRND
2019-03-05390307703PBCRND
2019-03-05390307706PBCRND
2019-03-05390307705PBCRND
2019-03-07390307715PBCRND
2019-03-13390314716PBCRND
2019-04-03390403701PBCRND
2019-04-03390403702PBCRND
2019-04-03390403704PBCRND
2019-04-03390403705PBCRND
2019-04-08390411717ND
2019-04-09390411709ND
2019-04-09390411736ND
2019-04-09390411707ND
2019-04-09390411733ND
2019-04-09390411732ND
2019-04-09390411730ND
2019-04-09390411729ND
2019-04-09390411724ND
2019-04-09390411723ND
2019-04-09390411722ND
2019-04-09390411718ND
2019-04-09390411716ND
2019-04-09390411714ND
2019-04-09390411713ND
2019-04-09390411712ND
2019-04-09390411711ND
2019-04-09390411704PBCRND
2019-04-09390411705PBCRND
2019-04-10390411747ND
2019-04-10390411745ND
2019-04-10390411743ND
2019-04-10390411742ND
2019-04-10390411738ND
2019-04-10390411734ND
2019-04-10390411731ND
2019-04-10390411725ND
2019-04-10390411720ND
2019-04-10390411719ND
2019-04-12390418716ND
2019-04-16390418718ND
2019-04-16390418719PBCRND
2019-04-17390418720PBCRND
2019-04-18390424726ND
2019-04-24390424719ND
2019-04-24390424720ND
2019-04-24390424724PBCRND
2019-04-26390501725ND
2019-04-26390501726ND
2019-04-26390501723ND
2019-05-07390508736PBCRND
2019-05-14390515716PBCRND
2019-05-21390522708PBCRND
2019-05-21390522707PBCRND
2019-05-21390522712PBCRND
2019-05-22390522713PBCRND
2019-05-29390605736PBCRND
2019-06-11390619745PBCRND
2019-06-11390619742PBCRND
2019-06-12390612722.3ND
2019-06-18390619749PBCRND
2019-06-25390626718PBCRND
2019-06-27390703802PBCRND
2019-07-16390717735PBCRND
2019-07-16390717736PBCRND
2019-07-16390717739PBCRND
2019-07-17390717740PBCRND
2019-08-07390807744PBCRND
2019-08-07390807745PBCRND
2019-08-13390814723PBCRND
2019-11-12391115706ND
2019-11-12391115704ND
2019-11-12391115703ND
2019-11-12391115718ND
2019-11-12391115717ND
2019-11-12391115716ND
2019-11-12391115715ND
2019-11-12391115714ND
2019-11-12391115712ND
2019-11-12391115711ND
2019-11-12391115710ND
2019-11-12391115708ND
2019-11-12391115707ND
2019-11-13391115749ND
2019-11-13391115748ND
2019-11-13391115705ND
2019-11-13391115736ND
2019-11-13391115731ND
2019-11-13391115725ND
2019-11-13391115720ND
2019-11-13391115719ND
2019-11-14391115747ND
2019-11-14391115745ND
2019-11-14391115739ND
2019-11-14391115737ND
2019-11-14391115727ND
2019-11-14391115721ND
2019-11-15391115741ND
2019-11-15391115723ND
2019-11-16391120702ND
2019-11-18391120701ND
2019-11-19391120704ND
2019-11-19391120706PBCR332ND
2019-11-19391120705PBCR331ND
2019-12-03391204774ND
2019-12-03391204773ND
2019-12-03391204772ND
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