Ceres, City Of, CA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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 Ceres, City Of
Ceres, City Of serves about 54,513 people through 11,765 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Stanislaus County, California. EPA system ID: CA5010028; phone on file: 209-538-5613. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Ceres, City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ceres, City Of is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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. Ceres, City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 59th percentile in California and the 40th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
59 other systems share Stanislaus County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ceres, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Modesto, City Of | 218,915 | 12 ppb |
| Turlock, City Of | 72,888 | 0.97 ppb |
| Riverbank, City Of | 25,625 | 21 ppb |
| Patterson, City Of | 24,977 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oakdale, City Of | 23,235 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Modesto - Salida | 14,576 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Newman-Water Department | 12,389 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Waterford | 8,788 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hughson, City Of | 7,977 | 0 (not detected) |
| Keyes Community Services Dist. | 5,672 | 1.48 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Ceres, City Of'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 Ceres, City Of 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.