Coachella Water Authority, 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.
Coachella Water Authority at a glance
Coachella Water Authority serves about 43,590 people through 9,585 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 groundwater, in Riverside County, California. EPA system ID: CA3310007; phone on file: 760-702-1277. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Coachella Water Authority 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) |
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. Coachella Water Authority's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 58th 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
92 other systems share Riverside County; 33 of them have a higher latest lead result than Coachella Water Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Municipal Wd | 659,923 | 2.8 ppb |
| Riverside, City Of | 302,776 | 1 ppb |
| Coachella Vwd: Cove Community | 270,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elsinore Valley Mwd | 169,455 | 1.3 ppb |
| Corona, City Of | 169,380 | 1.8 ppb |
| Rancho California Water District | 146,147 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jurupa Community Sd | 134,638 | 0 (not detected) |
| Indio Water Authority | 89,137 | 0 (not detected) |
| Western Mwd | 87,955 | 1.3 ppb |
| Desert Water Agency | 75,588 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Coachella Water Authority'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 Coachella Water Authority 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.