Nipomo Comm Services Dist, 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 Nipomo Comm Services Dist
Nipomo Comm Services Dist serves about 13,771 people through 4,520 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in San Luis Obispo County, California. EPA system ID: CA4010026; phone on file: 805-929-1133. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Nipomo Comm Services Dist is 2.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 2.2 ppb |
How Nipomo Comm Services Dist 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. Nipomo Comm Services Dist's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 54th percentile in California and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in San Luis Obispo County
71 other systems share San Luis Obispo County; 27 of them have a higher latest lead result than Nipomo Comm Services Dist. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| San Luis Obispo Water Department | 49,534 | 0 (not detected) |
| Atascadero Mutual Water Co | 33,307 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Paso Robles Water Division | 31,176 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Arroyo Grande Utilities Division | 17,963 | 0 (not detected) |
| California Mens Colony | 15,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Grover Beach Public Works Dept | 12,701 | 0 (not detected) |
| Morro Bay Pw Dept - Water Division | 10,757 | 0 (not detected) |
| Templeton Csd | 8,041 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pismo Beach Water Department | 7,944 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oceano Comm Services Dist. | 7,598 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Nipomo Comm Services Dist'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 Nipomo Comm Services Dist 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.