Metals · 2020

Lead in Prairie Path Water Company-del-mar, IL tap water

Over the federal limit· 1.5× the limit

Prairie Path Water Company-del-mar, IL's 2020 Consumer Confidence Report shows Lead at or above the federal limit (0.015 mg/L Action level). Measured value is 1.5× the threshold.

The measurement

StatisticValue
90th percentile
At the tap
0.023 mg/L

Verbatim from Prairie Path Water Company-del-mar, IL's 2020 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.

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People also ask

+Is there Lead in Prairie Path Water Company-del-mar, IL tap water?

Yes — Prairie Path Water Company-del-mar, IL's 2020 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lead at 0.023 mg/L. Prairie Path Water Company-del-mar, IL's 2020 Consumer Confidence Report shows Lead at or above the federal limit (0.015 mg/L Action level). Measured value is 1.5× the threshold.

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

The federal Action level for Lead is 0.015 mg/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.

+Where does this Lead measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Lead entry from the 2020 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Prairie Path Water Company-del-mar, IL 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/il/prairie-path-water-company-del-mar/2020/source.

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