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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: 50

Highest level detected in 2019: 0.0 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
2019-09-1020190874ND
2019-08-2020190819ND
2019-08-2020190820ND
2019-09-0320190821ND
2019-09-0520190822ND
2019-09-0520190857ND
2019-09-0520190858ND
2019-09-0620190859ND
2019-09-0920190860ND
2019-09-1020190861ND
2019-09-1020190862ND
2019-09-1020190872ND
2019-09-1020190873ND
2019-08-1320190818ND
2019-09-1220190875ND
2019-09-1220190876ND
2019-09-1320190877ND
2019-09-1420190947ND
2019-09-1720190948ND
2019-09-1820190949ND
2019-09-1820190950ND
2019-09-1820190951ND
2019-09-1820190952ND
2019-09-2120190965ND
2019-09-2420190966ND
2019-07-0120190551ND
2019-06-1920190453ND
2019-06-2120190454ND
2019-06-2520190455ND
2019-06-2520190456ND
2019-06-2520190457ND
2019-06-2520190466ND
2019-06-2620190467ND
2019-06-2620190468ND
2019-06-2620190469ND
2019-06-2720190470ND
2019-06-2720190471ND
2019-06-2820190550ND
2019-06-1820190452ND
2019-07-0220190552ND
2019-07-0220190553ND
2019-07-0920190554ND
2019-07-1620190555ND
2019-07-1720190636ND
2019-07-1720190637ND
2019-07-1920190638ND
2019-07-2320190639ND
2019-07-2320190640ND
2019-08-0220190641ND
2019-08-0720190817ND
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