Chester Public U.D., CA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Who runs the water here
Chester Public U.D. serves about 2,187 people through 1,307 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 Plumas County, California. EPA system ID: CA3210009; phone on file: 530-258-2171. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Chester Public U.D. is 2.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 2.6 ppb |
How Chester Public U.D. 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. Chester Public U.D.'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 46th percentile in California and the 31st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Plumas County
26 other systems share Plumas County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Chester Public U.D.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| American Valley Csd | 3,778 | 0.3 ppb |
| City Of Portola | 2,100 | 2 ppb |
| Hamilton Branch Csd | 1,874 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Almanor M.W.C. | 1,464 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ivcsd-Greenville | 795 | 1.49 ppb |
| Graeagle Water Company | 737 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grizzly Lake Csd-Delleker | 657 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whitehawk Ranch Mwc | 540 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Almanor Country Club Mwc | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Plumas Eureka Csd | 334 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Chester Public U.D.'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 Chester Public U.D. 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.