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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: 51

Highest level detected in 2019: 26.0 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
2019-09-084444290126.0 ppb
2019-09-114444330121.0 ppb
2019-09-084444010113.0 ppb
2019-09-04444439014.00 ppb
2019-09-04444442013.00 ppb
2019-09-08444410012.00 ppb
2019-09-07444449012.00 ppb
2019-09-10444422012.00 ppb
2019-09-10444425012.00 ppb
2019-09-12444432011.000 ppb
2019-09-08444413011.000 ppb
2019-09-09444428011.000 ppb
2019-09-1044441501ND
2019-09-1244443401ND
2019-09-0844441101ND
2019-09-0844441201ND
2019-09-0844441401ND
2019-09-1244443101ND
2019-09-0844442701ND
2019-09-1044441601ND
2019-09-1044441801ND
2019-09-1044441901ND
2019-09-1044442001ND
2019-09-1044442101ND
2019-09-1144443001ND
2019-09-1144442601ND
2019-09-1044442301ND
2019-09-1044442401ND
2019-09-0744439601ND
2019-09-0544443701ND
2019-09-0544443801ND
2019-09-0544444001ND
2019-09-0544444101ND
2019-09-0544444301ND
2019-09-0544444401ND
2019-09-0644444501ND
2019-09-0644444601ND
2019-09-0644440701ND
2019-09-0744444701ND
2019-09-0744445001ND
2019-09-0744440901ND
2019-09-0744439701ND
2019-09-0744439801ND
2019-09-0744439901ND
2019-09-0744440001ND
2019-09-0744440201ND
2019-09-0744440301ND
2019-09-0744440401ND
2019-09-0744440501ND
2019-09-0744440601ND
2019-09-0744440801ND
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