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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: 54

Highest level detected in 2019: 11.0 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
2019-06-194504950111.0 ppb
2019-06-21450497015.00 ppb
2019-07-24450530015.00 ppb
2019-06-20450522015.00 ppb
2019-06-26450523012.00 ppb
2019-07-18450503012.00 ppb
2019-07-24450532012.00 ppb
2019-06-19450527012.00 ppb
2019-07-23450528011.000 ppb
2019-07-25450533011.000 ppb
2019-06-18450488011.000 ppb
2019-06-18450490011.000 ppb
2019-09-05450515011.000 ppb
2019-07-2545053101ND
2019-07-2345050501ND
2019-07-2545052901ND
2019-07-2645051201ND
2019-07-2845050901ND
2019-07-3045051301ND
2019-07-2945051701ND
2019-07-3045051401ND
2019-07-3045050801ND
2019-07-3045051101ND
2019-07-1945050401ND
2019-08-0645053801ND
2019-08-1445053501ND
2019-08-1945054101ND
2019-08-2045054201ND
2019-08-2045053901ND
2019-08-2045054001ND
2019-08-2845053601ND
2019-09-0645051601ND
2019-06-2445051801ND
2019-05-0644253601ND
2019-06-1745049201ND
2019-06-1845049101ND
2019-06-1845049301ND
2019-06-1845048901ND
2019-06-1945049401ND
2019-06-2045051901ND
2019-06-2145049601ND
2019-06-2145052001ND
2019-06-2145052101ND
2019-07-2345050701ND
2019-06-2745052501ND
2019-06-2745052401ND
2019-07-1145052601ND
2019-07-1145053401ND
2019-07-1845049901ND
2019-07-1945050001ND
2019-07-1945049801ND
2019-05-0644252401ND
2019-07-2145050201ND
2019-07-2245050601ND
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