City Of Dos Palos, CA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.56 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.
About City Of Dos Palos
City Of Dos Palos serves about 7,452 people through 2,532 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Merced County, California. EPA system ID: CA2410002; phone on file: 209-392-6201. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Dos Palos is 0.56 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.56 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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. City Of Dos Palos's 0.56 ppb sits at the 65th percentile in California and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
21 other systems share Merced County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Dos Palos. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Merced | 96,073 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Los Banos | 48,896 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Atwater | 29,479 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Livingston | 14,894 | 0 (not detected) |
| Winton Water & Sanitary Dist | 9,745 | 0 (not detected) |
| Delhi Cwd | 7,784 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Gustine | 6,138 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cal Am - Meadowbrook | 5,723 | 6 ppb |
| Hilmar County Water District | 5,504 | 0 (not detected) |
| Planada Csd | 4,164 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Dos Palos, CA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Dos Palos, 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 Dos Palos 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.