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What About Lead?

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According to EWG’s analysis of 2023 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. The EPA lowered the lead action level from 15 to 10 ppb, but it doesn't go into effect until 2027.

Number of lead samples taken in 2023: 45

Highest level detected in 2023: 2.6 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, 2023

Samples in red indicate that the sample is above the EPA action level.

DateLab IDResult
2023-08-152.60 ppb
2023-08-162.00 ppb
2023-09-251.80 ppb
2023-08-161.20 ppb
2023-08-101.20 ppb
2023-09-271.10 ppb
2023-09-270.940 ppb
2023-08-110.910 ppb
2023-08-100.830 ppb
2023-08-090.770 ppb
2023-08-090.720 ppb
2023-08-160.620 ppb
2023-09-270.590 ppb
2023-09-250.560 ppb
2023-08-160.550 ppb
2023-08-090.530 ppb
2023-08-090.510 ppb
2023-08-160.460 ppb
2023-08-090.410 ppb
2023-08-090.380 ppb
2023-08-130.370 ppb
2023-08-150.350 ppb
2023-09-270.330 ppb
2023-08-100.320 ppb
2023-09-250.300 ppb
2023-08-100.290 ppb
2023-09-270.260 ppb
2023-08-090.250 ppb
2023-09-250.250 ppb
2023-08-090.190 ppb
2023-08-130.180 ppb
2023-08-130.170 ppb
2023-08-160.160 ppb
2023-09-250.150 ppb
2023-08-100.140 ppb
2023-08-100.130 ppb
2023-09-250.120 ppb
2023-08-160.0890 ppb
2023-08-090.0870 ppb
2023-09-25ND
2023-09-25ND
2023-08-13ND
2023-09-27ND
2023-08-09ND
2023-09-27ND
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