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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: 129.0 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
2019-08-19390826727129.0 ppb
2019-04-2439042972628.0 ppb
2019-04-2439042972316.0 ppb
2019-04-233904297258.00 ppb
2019-08-153908197248.00 ppb
2019-04-183904297096.00 ppb
2019-08-163908197366.00 ppb
2019-04-213904297125.00 ppb
2019-04-213904297135.00 ppb
2019-08-193908197205.00 ppb
2019-04-213904297114.00 ppb
2019-08-153908197264.00 ppb
2019-08-203908267214.00 ppb
2019-04-223904297344.00 ppb
2019-04-233904297223.00 ppb
2019-05-033905067303.00 ppb
2019-04-253905067272.00 ppb
2019-08-153908197302.00 ppb
2019-08-153908267342.00 ppb
2019-08-163908197342.00 ppb
2019-08-163908197282.00 ppb
2019-08-183908267182.00 ppb
2019-04-213904297172.00 ppb
2019-04-303905067281.000 ppb
2019-08-193908197191.000 ppb
2019-08-193908267311.000 ppb
2019-08-193908197321.000 ppb
2019-08-193908267221.000 ppb
2019-08-153908197251.000 ppb
2019-08-153908197311.000 ppb
2019-08-193908267191.000 ppb
2019-08-193908267231.000 ppb
2019-08-183908197181.000 ppb
2019-08-183908267321.000 ppb
2019-08-183908267331.000 ppb
2019-08-193908197171.000 ppb
2019-04-223904297201.000 ppb
2019-04-223904297181.000 ppb
2019-04-223904297161.000 ppb
2019-04-223904297151.000 ppb
2019-04-223904297141.000 ppb
2019-04-223904297081.000 ppb
2019-04-223904297361.000 ppb
2019-04-223904297331.000 ppb
2019-04-223904297321.000 ppb
2019-04-223904297301.000 ppb
2019-04-223904297281.000 ppb
2019-04-253904297241.000 ppb
2019-04-263904297061.000 ppb
2019-04-283904297031.000 ppb
2019-04-283904297051.000 ppb
2019-08-20390826725ND
2019-08-20390826724ND
2019-08-19390826735ND
2019-08-19390826736ND
2019-08-26390826726ND
2019-08-19390826728ND
2019-08-19390819727ND
2019-08-19390826729ND
2019-04-17390429710ND
2019-08-27390903717ND
2019-05-02390506729ND
2019-04-21390429719ND
2019-04-22390429707ND
2019-04-22390429735ND
2019-04-22390429731ND
2019-04-22390429727ND
2019-04-22390429729ND
2019-04-23390429721ND
2019-04-25390429702ND
2019-04-28390429704ND
2019-08-19390826730ND
2019-05-05390506731ND
2019-08-10390819733ND
2019-08-15390819722ND
2019-08-15390819723ND
2019-08-15390819735ND
2019-08-15390826720ND
2019-08-16390819721ND
2019-08-16390819729ND
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