Carmel Riviera Mwc, CA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.7 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
Carmel Riviera Mwc serves about 584 people through 176 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Monterey County, California. EPA system ID: CA2701254; phone on file: 831-624-6175. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (2.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Carmel Riviera Mwc is 5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 5 ppb |
How Carmel Riviera 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. Carmel Riviera Mwc's 3.7 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in California and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
155 other systems share Monterey County; 26 of them have a higher latest lead result than Carmel Riviera Mwc. 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) |
Your move
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 Carmel Riviera 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.