Outlook Wa, CA
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 10.4 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Outlook Wa at a glance
Outlook Wa serves about 35 people through 18 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Monterey County, California. EPA system ID: CA2700622; phone on file: 831-372-8264. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Outlook Wa's lead record
That is up 8.1 ppb from 2.3 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Outlook Wa is 10.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 10.4 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How Outlook Wa 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. Outlook Wa's 10.4 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in California and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
155 other systems share Monterey County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Outlook Wa. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cal Am Water Company - Monterey | 128,928 | 1 ppb |
| Cwsc Salinas | 114,286 | 1.2 ppb |
| Alco Water Service | 56,253 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marina Coast Water District | 38,918 | 0 (not detected) |
| Soledad, City Of | 19,732 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greenfield, City Of | 18,967 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cwsc King City | 14,046 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gonzales, City Of | 8,333 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cwsc Salinas Hills | 7,733 | 0.9 ppb |
| Castroville Community Services District | 7,515 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Carmel 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 Outlook Wa 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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.