Metals · 2024
Lead in Long Beach, CA tap water
Long Beach, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Lead at or above the federal limit (0.2 ug/L Public health goal). Measured value is 450.0× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range Blended Zone (325) | 90 ug/L | 0.2 ug/L Public health goal |
Maximum Blended Zone (325) | 90 ug/L | 0.2 ug/L Public health goal |
Range MWD Zone (114) | 90 ug/L | 0.2 ug/L Public health goal |
Average MWD Zone (114) | 90 ug/L | 0.2 ug/L Public health goal |
Maximum MWD Zone (114) | 90 ug/L | 0.2 ug/L Public health goal |
Average Blended Zone (325) | 90 ug/L | 0.2 ug/L Public health goal |
Verbatim from Long 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 Long Beach, CA compares
5 of the 330 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 Long Beach, CA tap water?
Yes — Long Beach, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lead at 90 ug/L. Long Beach, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Lead at or above the federal limit (0.2 ug/L Public health goal). Measured value is 450.0× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Lead in drinking water?
The federal Public health goal for Lead is 0.2 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 330 systems on The Water Map measuring Lead report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Santa Rosa, City of, CA, Cincinnati, OH, Atlanta, GA.
+Where does this Lead measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Lead entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Long 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/long-beach/2024/source.