Imperial Lakes Inc., CA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2017-2019). 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.
Who runs the water here
Imperial Lakes Inc. serves about 40 people through 20 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Imperial County, California. EPA system ID: CA1300628; phone on file: 619-777-3634. 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 2016 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Imperial Lakes Inc. is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Imperial Lakes Inc.'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 5th percentile in California and the 2nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Imperial County
28 other systems share Imperial County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Imperial Lakes Inc.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| El Centro, City Of | 44,124 | 0 (not detected) |
| Calexico, City Of | 40,357 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brawley, City Of | 26,862 | 0 (not detected) |
| Imperial, City Of | 22,102 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gswc - Calipatria | 7,475 | 0 (not detected) |
| Heber Public Utility District | 7,312 | 0 (not detected) |
| Holtville, City Of | 6,355 | 0.9 ppb |
| Calipatria State Prison | 4,800 | 1.6 ppb |
| Centinela State Prison | 4,100 | 1.6 ppb |
| Westmorland, City Of | 2,202 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Imperial Lakes Inc.'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 Imperial Lakes Inc. 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.