Metals · 2023

Lead in Imperial, City of — Imperial, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.3× the limit

Imperial, City of — Imperial, Ca, CA's 2023 Lead measurement is below the federal limit of 0.015 mg/L (Action level).

The measurement

StatisticValue
90th percentile
At the tap
0.005 mg/L
Reported level
Sample 6
Not detected mg/L
Reported level
Sample 1
Not detected mg/L
Reported level
Sample 10
Not detected mg/L
Reported level
Sample 3
Not detected mg/L
Reported level
Sample 9
Not detected mg/L
Reported level
Sample 2
Not detected mg/L
Reported level
Sample 5
Not detected mg/L
Reported level
Sample 7
Not detected mg/L
Reported level
Sample 4
Not detected mg/L
Reported level
Sample 8
Not detected mg/L

Verbatim from Imperial, City of — Imperial, Ca, CA's 2023 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 Imperial, City of — Imperial, Ca, CA compares

5 of the 1282 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 Imperial, City of — Imperial, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Imperial, City of — Imperial, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lead at 0.005 mg/L. Imperial, City of — Imperial, Ca, CA's 2023 Lead measurement is below the federal limit of 0.015 mg/L (Action level).

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

The federal Action level for Lead is 0.015 mg/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 1282 systems on The Water Map measuring Lead report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Tahoe City Pud - Tahoe Swiss Village — Tahoe City, Ca, CA, Charleston, SC, North Charleston, SC.

+Where does this Lead measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Lead entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Imperial, City of — Imperial, Ca, 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/imperial-imperial-ca/2023/source.

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