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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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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: 30

Highest level detected in 2019: 4.0 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
2019-07-18Q19480130104.00 ppb
2019-07-18Q19480130031.80 ppb
2019-07-18Q1948013028ND
2019-07-21Q1948013013ND
2019-07-21Q1948013001ND
2019-07-21Q1948013026ND
2019-07-19Q1948013007ND
2019-07-19Q1948013002ND
2019-07-19Q1948013014ND
2019-07-19Q1948013030ND
2019-07-19Q1948013012ND
2019-07-19Q1948013022ND
2019-07-19Q1948013021ND
2019-07-19Q1948013008ND
2019-07-19Q1948013029ND
2019-07-18Q1948013019ND
2019-07-18Q1948013020ND
2019-07-18Q1948013009ND
2019-07-18Q1948013027ND
2019-07-18Q1948013025ND
2019-07-18Q1948013024ND
2019-07-18Q1948013023ND
2019-07-18Q1948013018ND
2019-07-18Q1948013017ND
2019-07-18Q1948013016ND
2019-07-18Q1948013015ND
2019-07-18Q1948013011ND
2019-07-18Q1948013004ND
2019-07-18Q1948013005ND
2019-07-18Q1948013006ND
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