Metals · 2022

Lead in Lukins Brothers Water Company — South Lake Tahoe, Ca, CA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.2× the limit

Lukins Brothers Water Company — South Lake Tahoe, Ca, CA's 2022 Lead measurement is below the federal limit.

The measurement

StatisticValue
90th percentile
At the tap
3 ug/L
Reported level
No. of Schools Requesting Lead Sampling
1 ug/L
Reported level
No. of Samples Collected
11 ug/L

Verbatim from Lukins Brothers Water Company — South Lake Tahoe, Ca, CA's 2022 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 Lukins Brothers Water Company — South Lake Tahoe, Ca, CA compares

5 of the 1282 systems measuring Lead on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

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People also ask

+Is there Lead in Lukins Brothers Water Company — South Lake Tahoe, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Lukins Brothers Water Company — South Lake Tahoe, Ca, CA's 2022 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lead at 3 ug/L. Lukins Brothers Water Company — South Lake Tahoe, Ca, CA's 2022 Lead measurement is below the federal limit.

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

The EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for Lead. Utilities still report any measured levels in their annual Consumer Confidence Report.

+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 2022 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Lukins Brothers Water Company — South Lake Tahoe, 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/lukins-brothers-water-company-south-lake-tahoe-ca/2022/source.

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