Metals · 2024

Lead in Pasadena Water and Power, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Pasadena Water and Power, CA's 2024 report shows Lead detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Source water
8.75 UG/L
Highest single sample
Source water
15 UG/L

Verbatim from Pasadena Water and Power, 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 Pasadena Water and Power, 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 Pasadena Water and Power, CA tap water?

Yes — Pasadena Water and Power, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lead at 8.75 UG/L. Pasadena Water and Power, 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 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 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 Pasadena Water and Power, 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/pasadena-water-and-power/2024/source.

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