City Of Biggs, CA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.91 ppb (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. 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.
City Of Biggs at a glance
City Of Biggs serves about 2,060 people through 734 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 Butte County, California. EPA system ID: CA0410001; phone on file: 530-868-1396. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
City Of Biggs's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (6.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Biggs is 6.91 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.91 ppb |
| 2021 | 6.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 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. City Of Biggs's 6.91 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in California and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
41 other systems share Butte County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than City Of Biggs. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cal-Water Service Co.-Chico | 110,473 | 0 (not detected) |
| South Feather W&P - Miners Ranch | 22,638 | 0 (not detected) |
| Thermalito Water & Sewer Dist | 12,209 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cal-Water Service Co.-Oroville | 11,047 | 0.9 ppb |
| Del Oro Water Co.-Paradise Pines | 10,738 | 0.54 ppb |
| Paradise Irrigation District | 9,114 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Gridley | 7,269 | 0 (not detected) |
| Durham Irrigation District | 1,581 | 0.74 ppb |
| Del Oro Water Co.-Lime Saddle Marina | 954 | 0 (not detected) |
| Del Oro Water Co.-Stirling Bluffs | 512 | 4.55 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Biggs, 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 City Of Biggs 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.