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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: 50.0 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
2019-09-05Q196433400350.0 ppb
2019-09-05Q19643340023.20 ppb
2019-09-05Q19643340082.60 ppb
2019-09-07Q19643340151.80 ppb
2019-09-05Q19643340091.80 ppb
2019-09-06Q19643340041.60 ppb
2019-09-06Q19643340211.50 ppb
2019-09-05Q19643340161.000 ppb
2019-09-06Q19643340201.000 ppb
2019-09-06Q1964334006ND
2019-09-05Q1964334005ND
2019-09-06Q1964334001ND
2019-09-06Q1964334026ND
2019-09-06Q1964334010ND
2019-09-06Q1964334013ND
2019-09-07Q1964334014ND
2019-09-07Q1964334025ND
2019-09-08Q1964334023ND
2019-09-06Q1964334011ND
2019-09-04Q1964334022ND
2019-09-05Q1964334029ND
2019-09-05Q1964334030ND
2019-09-05Q1964334028ND
2019-09-05Q1964334027ND
2019-09-05Q1964334024ND
2019-09-05Q1964334019ND
2019-09-05Q1964334017ND
2019-09-05Q1964334012ND
2019-09-05Q1964334007ND
2019-09-04Q1964334018ND
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