North Yuba Water District, CA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.43 ppb (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. 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.
About North Yuba Water District
North Yuba Water District serves about 2,772 people through 796 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Yuba County, California. EPA system ID: CA5810006; phone on file: 530-675-2567. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.63 ppb from 0.8 ppb in the period ending 2018. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Yuba Water District is 2.43 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.43 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.8 ppb |
How North Yuba Water District 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. North Yuba Water District's 2.43 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in California and the 77th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Yuba County
20 other systems share Yuba County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Yuba Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Linda County Water District | 21,654 | 1.69 ppb |
| Olivehurst Public Utility District | 16,595 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cal-Water Service Co.-Marysville | 12,888 | 0 (not detected) |
| Plumas Lake | 11,374 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Wheatland | 4,124 | 0.63 ppb |
| Beale Air Force Base | 2,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| River Highlands Csd | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Castlewood Mobile Home Park | 200 | 0.5 ppb |
| Countryside Mobile Home Park | 185 | 2.5 ppb |
| Camptonville Community Serv Dist | 180 | 10 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Brownsville, 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 North Yuba Water District 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.