California State Fair, CA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.1 ppb (monitoring period 2018-2018). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
California State Fair serves about 80 people through 292 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Sacramento County, California. EPA system ID: CA3410026; phone on file: 916-263-4008. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.4 ppb from 7.5 ppb in the period ending 2017. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for California State Fair is 16 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 6.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 7.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 16 ppb over 15 |
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. California State Fair's 6.1 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in California and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
61 other systems share Sacramento County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than California State Fair. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Sacramento Main | 527,979 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sacramento Suburban Water District | 194,444 | 0 (not detected) |
| Scwa - Laguna/Vineyard | 188,417 | 0 (not detected) |
| Folsom, City Of - Main | 80,969 | 0 (not detected) |
| Citrus Heights Water District | 67,818 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cal Am - Suburban Rosemont | 54,893 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cal Am - Parkway | 50,646 | 1 ppb |
| Cal Am - Lincoln Oaks | 48,105 | 1 ppb |
| Golden State Water Co. - Cordova | 47,366 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elk Grove Water District | 44,065 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sacramento, 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 California State Fair 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.