Rancho Marina, CA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2021). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Rancho Marina
Rancho Marina serves about 60 people through 77 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Sacramento County, California. EPA system ID: CA3400149; phone on file: 858-380-6718. 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 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rancho Marina is 64 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.96 ppb |
| 2016 | 64 ppb over 15 |
How Rancho Marina 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. Rancho Marina's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 10th percentile in California and the 5th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Sacramento County
61 other systems share Sacramento County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Rancho Marina. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Sacramento Main | 527,979 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sacramento Suburban Water District | 194,444 | 0 (not detected) |
| Scwa - Laguna/Vineyard | 188,417 | 0 (not detected) |
| Folsom, City Of - Main | 80,969 | 0 (not detected) |
| Citrus Heights Water District | 67,818 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cal Am - Suburban Rosemont | 54,893 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cal Am - Parkway | 50,646 | 1 ppb |
| Cal Am - Lincoln Oaks | 48,105 | 1 ppb |
| Golden State Water Co. - Cordova | 47,366 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elk Grove Water District | 44,065 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Sacramento, CA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sacramento, 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 Rancho Marina 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.