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What About Lead?

Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District 50 - click here to return to the utility page.

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: 20

Highest level detected in 2019: 3.8 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
2019-06-18Q19404590163.80 ppb
2019-06-18Q1940459007ND
2019-06-20Q1940459017ND
2019-06-20Q1940459013ND
2019-06-19Q1940459002ND
2019-06-19Q1940459019ND
2019-06-19Q1940459014ND
2019-06-19Q1940459009ND
2019-06-19Q1940459011ND
2019-06-19Q1940459010ND
2019-06-18Q1940459008ND
2019-06-18Q1940459012ND
2019-06-18Q1940459006ND
2019-06-18Q1940459004ND
2019-06-18Q1940459001ND
2019-06-18Q1940459005ND
2019-06-18Q1940459003ND
2019-06-18Q1940459020ND
2019-06-18Q1940459018ND
2019-06-18Q1940459015ND
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