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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: 77

Highest level detected in 2019: 20.0 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
2019-09-13191008409A20.0 ppb
2019-07-0219070210079.20 ppb
2019-08-1719082013017.80 ppb
2019-06-1619061915016.90 ppb
2019-09-20191008408A6.87 ppb
2019-06-2819070210046.50 ppb
2019-06-1919061915055.90 ppb
2019-06-2319062610025.60 ppb
2019-07-1019071603014.80 ppb
2019-06-1419061914144.50 ppb
2019-07-0119070311013.30 ppb
2019-06-2119062409013.30 ppb
2019-07-2919080210013.30 ppb
2019-06-2219062610013.10 ppb
2019-07-1519071603023.00 ppb
2019-07-0219070901012.40 ppb
2019-06-1419061914012.20 ppb
2019-06-1919062010022.20 ppb
2019-06-1619061914082.10 ppb
2019-07-0319070508012.10 ppb
2019-06-2419062610042.00 ppb
2019-07-1619071614011.90 ppb
2019-07-1819072404021.90 ppb
2019-07-0119070210061.80 ppb
2019-08-24191008401A1.75 ppb
2019-06-1819061914021.70 ppb
2019-07-0919071014011.60 ppb
2019-06-2019062010011.60 ppb
2019-07-1419071811011.50 ppb
2019-06-2719070210021.50 ppb
2019-06-1619062110011.50 ppb
2019-07-1819072404011.40 ppb
2019-06-1819061914061.30 ppb
2019-06-2019062409021.20 ppb
2019-06-2019062110031.20 ppb
2019-07-0619070909011.20 ppb
2019-07-1919072405011.20 ppb
2019-06-2819070210031.10 ppb
2019-09-19191008406A0.977 ppb
2019-09-19191008407A0.933 ppb
2019-09-12191008404A0.857 ppb
2019-09-21191008410A0.458 ppb
2019-08-28191008402A0.322 ppb
2019-09-30191008411A0.194 ppb
2019-09-12191008405A0.128 ppb
2019-06-161906191411ND
2019-07-311908021101ND
2019-08-021908061202ND
2019-08-051908061201ND
2019-08-091908150501ND
2019-08-141908150601ND
2019-06-171906191409ND
2019-06-171906191407ND
2019-06-171906191403ND
2019-07-291908051001ND
2019-06-161906191405ND
2019-06-151906191412ND
2019-06-151906191410ND
2019-06-141906140903ND
2019-06-141906140902ND
2019-06-131906140901ND
2019-06-301907021005ND
2019-06-171906191413ND
2019-07-281908021002ND
2019-07-251907250702ND
2019-07-231907250701ND
2019-06-171906191502ND
2019-06-181906191404ND
2019-06-181906191503ND
2019-06-181906191504ND
2019-06-191906211002ND
2019-06-201906201003ND
2019-06-201907021001ND
2019-06-241906261003ND
2019-06-241906261005ND
2019-07-051907050802ND
2019-06-27191008403AND
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