Blythe - Mesa Ranch, CA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Blythe - Mesa Ranch serves about 568 people through 190 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Riverside County, California. EPA system ID: CA3301428; phone on file: 760-922-6611. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.7 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Blythe - Mesa Ranch is 1.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Blythe - Mesa Ranch's 1.7 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in California and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
92 other systems share Riverside County; 20 of them have a higher latest lead result than Blythe - Mesa Ranch. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Municipal Wd | 659,923 | 2.8 ppb |
| Riverside, City Of | 302,776 | 1 ppb |
| Coachella Vwd: Cove Community | 270,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elsinore Valley Mwd | 169,455 | 1.3 ppb |
| Corona, City Of | 169,380 | 1.8 ppb |
| Rancho California Water District | 146,147 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jurupa Community Sd | 134,638 | 0 (not detected) |
| Indio Water Authority | 89,137 | 0 (not detected) |
| Western Mwd | 87,955 | 1.3 ppb |
| Desert Water Agency | 75,588 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Blythe, CA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Blythe, CA may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Blythe - Mesa Ranch 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.