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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: 56

Highest level detected in 2019: 40.0 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
2019-07-264478570140.0 ppb
2019-09-054478800122.0 ppb
2019-08-024478600116.0 ppb
2019-08-02447876019.00 ppb
2019-07-03447868018.00 ppb
2019-07-12447844016.00 ppb
2019-07-26447850016.00 ppb
2019-08-02447875013.00 ppb
2019-08-02447858013.00 ppb
2019-06-27447866012.00 ppb
2019-08-02447862012.00 ppb
2019-08-02447877012.00 ppb
2019-08-02447846012.00 ppb
2019-06-28447872012.00 ppb
2019-06-28447843012.00 ppb
2019-08-02447879011.000 ppb
2019-06-28447839011.000 ppb
2019-06-28447855011.000 ppb
2019-07-25447848011.000 ppb
2019-06-28447834011.000 ppb
2019-06-28447864011.000 ppb
2019-07-04447867011.000 ppb
2019-09-14468445011.000 ppb
2019-08-1944784901ND
2019-08-0244786101ND
2019-08-0244784701ND
2019-08-0244785201ND
2019-07-2544786301ND
2019-08-2145902801ND
2019-09-0744788101ND
2019-09-1044784501ND
2019-09-1244788201ND
2019-09-1446844401ND
2019-09-1544785301ND
2019-09-1646844301ND
2019-06-2844786901ND
2019-03-2643461401ND
2019-05-1544242301ND
2019-06-1144785401ND
2019-06-2544783601ND
2019-06-2744784001ND
2019-06-2744783701ND
2019-06-2844787001ND
2019-06-2844784101ND
2019-06-2844786501ND
2019-06-2844787301ND
2019-08-0244785901ND
2019-06-2844783801ND
2019-06-2844787101ND
2019-06-2844784201ND
2019-07-0144783501ND
2019-07-1844785601ND
2019-03-1143461501ND
2019-07-3044787401ND
2019-08-0144787801ND
2019-08-0244788301ND
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