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What About Lead?

City of Houston Utility District 5 - Kingwood - 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: 60

Highest level detected in 2019: 45.8 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
2019-03-0719031908.0145.8 ppb
2019-03-0619031908.8013.0 ppb
2019-03-0619031908.859.08 ppb
2019-03-0419031908.026.45 ppb
2019-03-0819031908.58ND
2019-03-0919031908.11ND
2019-03-0919031908.54ND
2019-03-0919031908.35ND
2019-03-0919031908.100ND
2019-03-0919031908.41ND
2019-03-0919031908.55ND
2019-03-0919031908.39ND
2019-04-0119031908.102ND
2019-03-0819031908.52ND
2019-03-0819031908.38ND
2019-03-0819031908.26ND
2019-03-0819031908.15ND
2019-03-0819031908.14ND
2019-04-0119031908.110ND
2019-04-0119031908.88ND
2019-03-0819031908.53ND
2019-04-0119031908.62ND
2019-04-0119031908.76ND
2019-04-0119031908.20ND
2019-04-0219031908.63ND
2019-04-0219031908.49ND
2019-04-0219031908.27ND
2019-04-0219031908.25ND
2019-04-0219031908.51ND
2019-04-0219031908.70ND
2019-04-0219031908.99ND
2019-04-0919031908.105ND
2019-03-0719031908.16ND
2019-03-0419031908.43ND
2019-03-0619031908.69ND
2019-03-0619031908.09ND
2019-03-0619031908.22ND
2019-03-0619031908.29ND
2019-03-0619031908.79ND
2019-03-0619031908.59ND
2019-03-0619031908.72ND
2019-03-0619031908.60ND
2019-03-0719031908.13ND
2019-03-0719031908.68ND
2019-03-0719031908.34ND
2019-03-0719031908.57ND
2019-03-0819031908.12ND
2019-03-0719031908.36ND
2019-03-0719031908.109ND
2019-03-0719031908.06ND
2019-03-0719031908.37ND
2019-03-0719031908.65ND
2019-03-0719031908.104ND
2019-03-0719031908.24ND
2019-03-0719031908.17ND
2019-03-0819031908.83ND
2019-03-0819031908.87ND
2019-03-0819031908.96ND
2019-03-0319031908.111ND
2019-03-0819031908.07ND
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