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Firebaugh City, 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.

About Firebaugh City

Firebaugh City serves about 8,424 people through 1,650 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 groundwater, in Fresno County, California. EPA system ID: CA1010005; phone on file: 559-659-2043. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.

Lead results over time

Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Firebaugh City is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.

Period ending90th-percentile lead
20240 (not detected)
20210 (not detected)
20180 (not detected)

How Firebaugh City 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. Firebaugh City's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 52nd percentile in California and the 37th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.

Other water systems in Fresno County

99 other systems share Fresno County; 30 of them have a higher latest lead result than Firebaugh City. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.

SystemPeopleLatest lead
City Of Fresno545,9700 (not detected)
City Of Clovis133,1180 (not detected)
City Of Sanger26,3570 (not detected)
Reedley, City Of26,0760 (not detected)
Cws - Selma25,6510 (not detected)
Bakman Water Company17,3930 (not detected)
Coalinga-City17,2770 (not detected)
Kerman, City Of17,2560 (not detected)
Pinedale County Water District16,7362.9 ppb
City Of Parlier14,5760 (not detected)

What to do in your house

Look up your address in Firebaugh City'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 Firebaugh City 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.