Awa Buckhorn Plant, CA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
About Awa Buckhorn Plant
Awa Buckhorn Plant serves about 8,791 people through 2,740 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Amador County, California. EPA system ID: CA0310012; phone on file: 209-257-5284. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Awa Buckhorn Plant is 0 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other California systems
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. Awa Buckhorn Plant's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 52nd percentile in California and the 37th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Amador County
18 other systems share Amador County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Awa Buckhorn Plant. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Awa, Ione | 7,227 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Jackson | 5,079 | 0 (not detected) |
| Awa, Tanner | 4,940 | 0 (not detected) |
| Awa - Camanche Village | 2,402 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jackson Valley Irrigation District | 1,303 | 0 (not detected) |
| Plymouth, City Of | 1,060 | 0 (not detected) |
| First Mace Meadow # 1 | 838 | 0 (not detected) |
| River Pines Pud | 574 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hope Foundation/Moriah Heights | 299 | 0 (not detected) |
| First Mace Meadows Unit No. 2 | 230 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Sutter Creek, CA
Look up your address in Awa Buckhorn Plant'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 Awa Buckhorn Plant 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.