Metals · 2021

Lead in Tahoe City Pud - Tahoe Swiss Village — Tahoe City, Ca, CA tap water

Over the federal limit· 47.3× the limit

Tahoe City Pud - Tahoe Swiss Village — Tahoe City, Ca, CA's 2021 Consumer Confidence Report shows Lead at or above the federal limit. Measured value is 47.3× the threshold.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Reported level
Glenridge 3 Groundwater
0.71 mg/L
Reported level
Grand Well/1 Groundwater
Not detected mg/L
Reported level
St. Michael 2 Groundwater
Not detected mg/L

Verbatim from Tahoe City Pud - Tahoe Swiss Village — Tahoe City, Ca, CA's 2021 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 Tahoe City Pud - Tahoe Swiss Village — Tahoe City, 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 Tahoe City Pud - Tahoe Swiss Village — Tahoe City, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Tahoe City Pud - Tahoe Swiss Village — Tahoe City, Ca, CA's 2021 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lead at 0.71 mg/L. Tahoe City Pud - Tahoe Swiss Village — Tahoe City, Ca, CA's 2021 Consumer Confidence Report shows Lead at or above the federal limit. Measured value is 47.3× the threshold.

+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 Charleston, SC, North Charleston, SC, Rochester, NY.

+Where does this Lead measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Lead entry from the 2021 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Tahoe City Pud - Tahoe Swiss Village — Tahoe City, 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/tahoe-city-pud-tahoe-swiss-village-tahoe-city-ca/2021/source.

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