Lake View Mutual Water Co., CA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.4 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
Lake View Mutual Water Co. at a glance
Lake View Mutual Water Co. serves about 90 people through 29 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Mendocino County, California. EPA system ID: CA2300606; phone on file: 707-953-2235. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 3.4 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lake View Mutual Water Co. is 3.4 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 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. Lake View Mutual Water Co.'s 3.4 ppb sits at the 87th percentile in California and the 84th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
40 other systems share Mendocino County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lake View Mutual Water Co.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ukiah, City Of | 16,067 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fort Bragg, City Of | 7,117 | 0 (not detected) |
| Willits, City Of | 6,175 | 0 (not detected) |
| Millview County Water District | 5,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Redwood Valley County Water District | 5,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Willow County Water District | 3,797 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brooktrails Township Csd | 3,632 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Gualala Water Company | 3,508 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rogina Water Company Inc. | 2,554 | 0 (not detected) |
| Laytonville County Water District | 1,152 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Redwood Valley, 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 Lake View Mutual Water Co. 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.