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Lead in California drinking water

3,000 community water systems tested

11.9%
of tested systems exceeded the lead action level
(358/3,000)

Lead is a neurotoxin with no known safe level. It usually enters water from old service lines and household plumbing rather than the source, so results vary system to system. The EPA acts when the 90th-percentile sample exceeds 0.015 mg/L.

Water systems

Lead value per system, LCR compliance samples. EPA action level — 0.015 mg/L at the 90th percentile. Systems that exceeded the lead action level are highlighted and listed first. “Not detected” means the contaminant was measured but not found.
SystemCityPopulationLead (mg/L)
LUKINS BROTHERS WATER COMPANY 3,277 0.6730 mg/L
USMC NEBO (BARSTOW) 1,126 0.6500 mg/L
JUNE LAKE PUD - DOWN CANYON 2,810 0.5728 mg/L
BURLANDO HEIGHTS MUTUAL WATER CO. 44 0.5360 mg/L
NPS - DEATH VALLEY, STOVEPIPE WELLS 175 0.4830 mg/L
LAKE FRANCIS MUTUAL WATER COMPANY 60 0.4628 mg/L
USMC - HOUSING COLEVILLE 424 0.4400 mg/L
CDF - OWENS VALLEY CONSERVATION CAMP 94 0.4358 mg/L
USMC/MTN WARFARE TRNG CTR - BRIDGEPORT 1,200 0.3900 mg/L
DEVORE WC 1,574 0.3360 mg/L
INDIAN CREEK CSD 1,030 0.3182 mg/L
CWS - MULLEN WATER COMPANY 138 0.2860 mg/L
MARIANA RANCHOS CWD 1,502 0.2748 mg/L
GREEN VALLEY MWC 2,993 0.2372 mg/L
SIERRA HIGHLAND CSD 600 0.2368 mg/L
BIG ROCK C.S.D. 513 0.2300 mg/L
SUNRISE SHORE MUTUAL WATER COMPANY 83 0.2265 mg/L
ALPINE WATER USERS ASSOCIATION 2,534 0.2252 mg/L
HARRIS FARMS SOUTH 101-144 182 0.2200 mg/L
SAN ANTONIO WATER COMPANY 3,441 0.2186 mg/L
LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY 15,368 0.2032 mg/L
GOLDEN FEATHER MHP 275 0.1997 mg/L
SONOMA COUNTY CSA 41-JENNER 406 0.1975 mg/L
INVERNESS PUBLIC UTILITY DIST 1,445 0.1900 mg/L
CCWD - WEST POINT 1,043 0.1900 mg/L
SHEEP CREEK WATER COMPANY 4,002 0.1860 mg/L
CEDARPINES PARK MWC 2,458 0.1778 mg/L
NPS - DEATH VALLEY, COW CREEK/NEVARES 88 0.1763 mg/L
VINEYARD RV PARK 550 0.1700 mg/L
THUNDERBIRD CWD 2,098 0.1645 mg/L
NPS - DEATH VALLEY, FURNACE CREEK 150 0.1640 mg/L
SAN ANTONIO CANYON MSC 119 0.1628 mg/L
MT BALDY HOMEOWNERS ASSN. 1,700 0.1611 mg/L
ARROWBEAR PARK CWD 1,856 0.1580 mg/L
GOLDEN STATE WATER CO - MORONGO DEL SUR 1,717 0.1506 mg/L
WASCO ST. PRISON RECEPTION CTR 5,124 0.1500 mg/L
GLEN MARTIN MWC 450 0.1388 mg/L
BDVWA - GOAT MOUNTAIN ID 1,118 0.1330 mg/L
CDF - PILOT ROCK CONSERVATION CAMP 65 0.1288 mg/L
COLTON, CITY OF COLTON 46,525 0.1283 mg/L
SANTA ROSA MOBILE ESTATES 420 0.1220 mg/L
RANCHO SECO INC. WATER SYSTEM 33 0.1220 mg/L
FRONTIER TRAILS HOMEOWNERS ASSOC INC. 32 0.1190 mg/L
PINE HILLS MUTUAL WATER COMPANY 760 0.1128 mg/L
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR MEN 10,667 0.1120 mg/L
BELLA LAGO MOBILE HOME PARK 152 0.1100 mg/L
GOLDEN STATE WATER CO - LUCERNE 586 0.1093 mg/L
BEACH CREEK MOBILE HOME PARK 67 0.1030 mg/L
FCSA 10 - CUMORAH KNOLLS 132 0.1000 mg/L
ROLLING GREEN UTILITIES, INC. 1,225 0.1000 mg/L
PAINTED CAVE 160 0.0990 mg/L
FALLSVALE SERVICE COMPANY 1,046 0.0968 mg/L
PURISSIMA HILLS WATER DISTRICT 6,245 0.0960 mg/L
BRANDEIS BARDIN INSTITUTE 665 0.0960 mg/L
CAL ORE MOBILE ESTATES 146 0.0960 mg/L
TERRACE WATER COMPANY 2,400 0.0940 mg/L
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN 1,195 0.0934 mg/L
CWS - LOWER BODFISH WATER SYSTEM 736 0.0902 mg/L
AUSTIN CREEK MUTUAL (SPRINGHILL) 150 0.0900 mg/L
LEE VINING PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT 672 0.0872 mg/L
KNIGHTS FERRY COMM. SVC. DIST. 168 0.0842 mg/L
ANDERSON SPRINGS CSD 373 0.0840 mg/L
REDWOOD GLEN CAMP & CONFERENCE CTR 114 0.0787 mg/L
LA CIMA FIRE CENTER 60 0.0787 mg/L
LADWP - BIG PINE 0 0.0754 mg/L
CITY OF SACRAMENTO MAIN SACRAMENTO 527,979 0.0740 mg/L
TRINIDAD, CITY OF TRINIDAD 1,072 0.0707 mg/L
US ARMY FORT IRWIN 15,701 0.0695 mg/L
GOLDEN STATE WATER CO - APPLE VLY NORTH 2,086 0.0694 mg/L
LAKE PARK VILLAGE CONDOMINIUMS 900 0.0690 mg/L
SEAWOOD ESTATES MUTUAL WATER COMPANY 63 0.0670 mg/L
SCE/BIG CREEK POWERHOUSE 1 104 0.0660 mg/L
CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON - SOLANO 5,100 0.0654 mg/L
MID-PENINSULA WATER DISTRICT 30,609 0.0630 mg/L
ROGINA WATER COMPANY INC. 2,554 0.0620 mg/L
FCSA 14 - BELMONT MANOR 115 0.0612 mg/L
WARNER SPRINGS ESTATES 448 0.0600 mg/L
STRATFORD PUD 1,277 0.0590 mg/L
ABRAMS LAKE MOBILE ESTATES 135 0.0587 mg/L
LUCERNE WATER CO. - CAL WATER SERVICE 2,129 0.0586 mg/L
CHINA LAKE ACRES MUTUAL WATER COMPANY 198 0.0580 mg/L
APPLE VALLEY HEIGHTS CWD 983 0.0575 mg/L
MELITA HEIGHTS MUTUAL WATER COMPANY 64 0.0570 mg/L
ZONE 7 WATER AGENCY 40 0.0570 mg/L
GARDEN ACRES MUTUAL WATER CO 1,335 0.0560 mg/L
LOS ANGELES CWWD 40 REG 4 & 34 LANCASTER 208,129 0.0558 mg/L
U.S.N., SAN NICOLAS ISLAND 254 0.0530 mg/L
ARBOR VILLAGE 670 0.0490 mg/L
VILLAGE APARTMENTS 33 0.0490 mg/L
LAKE ALPINE WATER COMPANY 625 0.0470 mg/L
REBEL RIDGE VILLAGE 60 0.0468 mg/L
FOOTHILL ESTATES MHP 66 0.0463 mg/L
NORTHSTAR C.S.D. 15,452 0.0460 mg/L
FERN VALLEY WD 900 0.0460 mg/L
MESA DUNES MOBILE HOME ESTATES 600 0.0460 mg/L
BRIDGEPORT PUD 524 0.0460 mg/L
SAINT MARIE MOBILE HOME PARK 320 0.0443 mg/L
LACSD - RIMFOREST 817 0.0442 mg/L
PUERTA LA CRUZ CC #14 27 0.0438 mg/L
RANCHO SANTA TERESA MW CO. 102 0.0435 mg/L