Canada Woods Wc, CA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.7 ppb (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. 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
Canada Woods Wc serves about 356 people through 188 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Monterey County, California. EPA system ID: CA2702588; phone on file: 831-625-1090. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (2.2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Canada Woods Wc is 2.7 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 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. Canada Woods Wc's 2.7 ppb sits at the 83rd percentile in California and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Monterey County
155 other systems share Monterey County; 44 of them have a higher latest lead result than Canada Woods Wc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cal Am Water Company - Monterey | 128,928 | 1 ppb |
| Cwsc Salinas | 114,286 | 1.2 ppb |
| Alco Water Service | 56,253 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marina Coast Water District | 38,918 | 0 (not detected) |
| Soledad, City Of | 19,732 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greenfield, City Of | 18,967 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cwsc King City | 14,046 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gonzales, City Of | 8,333 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cwsc Salinas Hills | 7,733 | 0.9 ppb |
| Castroville Community Services District | 7,515 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Carmel, CA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Carmel, 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 Canada Woods Wc whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1796 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.