Metals · 2016

Lead in Lake Charles Lng Co Water System, LA tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.4× the limit

Lake Charles Lng Co Water System, LA's 2016 Lead measurement is below the federal limit of 0.015 mg/L (Action level).

The measurement

StatisticValue
90th percentile
At the tap
0.006 mg/L

Verbatim from Lake Charles Lng Co Water System, LA's 2016 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 Lake Charles Lng Co Water System, LA compares

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People also ask

+Is there Lead in Lake Charles Lng Co Water System, LA tap water?

Yes — Lake Charles Lng Co Water System, LA's 2016 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lead at 0.006 mg/L. Lake Charles Lng Co Water System, LA's 2016 Lead measurement is below the federal limit of 0.015 mg/L (Action level).

+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 2016 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Lake Charles Lng Co Water System, LA 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/la/lake-charles-lng-co/2016/source.

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