Metals · 2024

Lead in City of Huntington Beach, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

City of Huntington Beach, CA's 2024 report shows Lead detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Distribution
0.23235294117647057 UG/L
90th percentile
Distribution
0.2 UG/L
Highest single sample
Distribution
4.6 UG/L

Verbatim from City of Huntington Beach, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Lead

A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures.

There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.

How City of Huntington Beach, CA compares

5 of the 433 systems measuring Lead on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Lead:

People also ask

+Is there Lead in City of Huntington Beach, CA tap water?

Yes — City of Huntington Beach, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lead at 0.23235294117647057 UG/L. City of Huntington Beach, CA's 2024 report shows Lead detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

+What's the federal limit for Lead in drinking water?

The federal Al for Lead is 15 UG/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Lead?

A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures. There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.

+Which other U.S. cities have Lead over the federal limit?

5 of the 433 systems on The Water Map measuring Lead report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Santa Rosa, CA, Atlanta, GA, City of San Jacinto, CA.

+Where does this Lead measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Lead entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the City of Huntington Beach, CA water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/ca/huntington-beach/2024/source.

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