Forest Village Llc, CA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.3 ppb (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. 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.
Forest Village Llc at a glance
Forest Village Llc serves about 28 people through 17 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Butte County, California. EPA system ID: CA0400042; phone on file: 916-765-1250. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Forest Village Llc's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (6.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Forest Village Llc is 6.3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 6.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 6.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
How Forest Village Llc 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. Forest Village Llc's 6.3 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in California and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
41 other systems share Butte County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Forest Village Llc. 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) |
| City Of Biggs | 2,060 | 6.91 ppb |
| Durham Irrigation District | 1,581 | 0.74 ppb |
| Del Oro Water Co.-Lime Saddle Marina | 954 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Rescue, CA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rescue, 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 Forest Village Llc 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.