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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: 30

Highest level detected in 2019: 67.4 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
2019-08-062019066067.4 ppb
2019-08-122019071412.7 ppb
2019-08-12201907115.77 ppb
2019-08-0620190664ND
2019-08-1220190716ND
2019-08-1220190715ND
2019-08-1220190713ND
2019-08-1220190712ND
2019-08-1220190710ND
2019-08-1220190709ND
2019-08-1220190708ND
2019-08-1220190707ND
2019-08-1220190706ND
2019-08-0620192659ND
2019-08-0620190666ND
2019-08-0620190665ND
2019-08-0620190648ND
2019-08-0620190663ND
2019-08-0620190662ND
2019-08-0620190661ND
2019-08-0620190658ND
2019-08-0620190657ND
2019-08-0620190656ND
2019-08-0620190655ND
2019-08-0620190654ND
2019-08-0620190653ND
2019-08-0620190652ND
2019-08-0620190651ND
2019-08-0620190650ND
2019-08-0620190649ND
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