Metals · 2024
Lead in Santa Rosa, CA tap water
Santa Rosa, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Lead at or above the federal limit (0.2 ug/L Public health goal). Measured value is 58.0× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range Sonoma Water | Not detected ug/L | 0.2 ug/L Public health goal |
Reported level Sonoma Water | Not detected ug/L | 0.2 ug/L Public health goal |
Range Santa Rosa | 0–11.6 ug/L | 0.2 ug/L Public health goal |
Reported level Santa Rosa | 1.63 ug/L | 0.2 ug/L Public health goal |
Verbatim from Santa Rosa, 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 Santa Rosa, CA compares
5 of the 393 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 Santa Rosa, CA tap water?
Yes — Santa Rosa, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lead at 0–11.6 ug/L. Santa Rosa, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Lead at or above the federal limit (0.2 ug/L Public health goal). Measured value is 58.0× 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 393 systems on The Water Map measuring Lead report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Atlanta, GA, City of Hemet, CA, City of Menifee, CA.
+Where does this Lead measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Lead entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Santa Rosa, 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/santa-rosa/2024/source.