Ashford Highlands Mwc, CA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Ashford Highlands Mwc serves about 132 people through 56 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in San Benito County, California. EPA system ID: CA3500900; phone on file: 831-917-4020. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Ashford Highlands Mwc's lead record
That is down 1.4 ppb from 1.4 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ashford Highlands Mwc is 1.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Ashford Highlands Mwc compares
Of the 2,884 California systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 30 are over 15 ppb right now and 215 have gone over at some point. Ashford Highlands Mwc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 22nd percentile in California and the 12th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
30 other systems share San Benito County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ashford Highlands Mwc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hollister, City Of | 26,598 | 1.4 ppb |
| Sunnyslope County Water Dist | 25,486 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aromas Water District | 2,988 | 1.4 ppb |
| San Juan Bautista, City Of | 2,335 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mission Oaks Mobile Home Park | 550 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tres Pinos Cwd | 350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Golden State Water Co - San Juan Oaks | 260 | 0 (not detected) |
| Csa No. 31 Stonegate Ws | 230 | 0.7 ppb |
| San Justo Mutual Water Company | 166 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hollister Ranch Estates | 150 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Ashford Highlands Mwc's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Ashford Highlands Mwc whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.