Metals · 2020

Lead in Shelter Island School, NY tap water

Within the federal limit· 0.6× the limit

Shelter Island School, NY's 2020 Lead measurement is below the federal limit of 0.015 mg/L (Action level).

The measurement

StatisticValue
90th percentile
At the tap
0.0086 mg/L

Verbatim from Shelter Island School, NY'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.

How Shelter Island School, NY compares

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People also ask

+Is there Lead in Shelter Island School, NY tap water?

Yes — Shelter Island School, NY's 2020 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lead at 0.0086 mg/L. Shelter Island School, NY's 2020 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 2020 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Shelter Island School, NY 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/ny/shelter-island-school/2020/source.

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