Golden State Water Co - Arden Water Serv, CA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
Who runs the water here
Golden State Water Co - Arden Water Serv serves about 5,679 people through 1,750 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Sacramento County, California. EPA system ID: CA3410003; phone on file: 916-853-3632. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Golden State Water Co - Arden Water Serv's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Golden State Water Co - Arden Water Serv is 5 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 5 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.8 ppb |
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. Golden State Water Co - Arden Water Serv's 2 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in California and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
61 other systems share Sacramento County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Golden State Water Co - Arden Water Serv. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Sacramento Main | 527,979 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sacramento Suburban Water District | 194,444 | 0 (not detected) |
| Scwa - Laguna/Vineyard | 188,417 | 0 (not detected) |
| Folsom, City Of - Main | 80,969 | 0 (not detected) |
| Citrus Heights Water District | 67,818 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cal Am - Suburban Rosemont | 54,893 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cal Am - Parkway | 50,646 | 1 ppb |
| Cal Am - Lincoln Oaks | 48,105 | 1 ppb |
| Golden State Water Co. - Cordova | 47,366 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elk Grove Water District | 44,065 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rancho Cordova, 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 Golden State Water Co - Arden Water Serv 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.