Starlite Pines Mutual Water Co Inc, CA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.5 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Who runs the water here
Starlite Pines Mutual Water Co Inc serves about 500 people through 151 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Shasta County, California. EPA system ID: CA4500195; phone on file: 530-474-1452. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
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 Starlite Pines Mutual Water Co Inc is 0.5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Starlite Pines Mutual Water Co Inc's 0.5 ppb sits at the 65th percentile in California and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
58 other systems share Shasta County; 34 of them have a higher latest lead result than Starlite Pines Mutual Water Co Inc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Redding | 90,254 | 2.13 ppb |
| Bella Vista Water District | 18,767 | 1.83 ppb |
| City Of Anderson | 11,323 | 2.4 ppb |
| City Of Shasta Lake | 10,371 | 1.13 ppb |
| Clear Creek Csd-Anderson | 8,900 | 3.61 ppb |
| Centerville C.S.D. | 4,244 | 2.09 ppb |
| Cottonwood Water District | 3,316 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shasta C.S.D. | 3,069 | 0.97 ppb |
| Burney Water District | 3,000 | 0.87 ppb |
| Mountain Gate C.S.D. | 2,227 | 2.84 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Shingletown, 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 Starlite Pines Mutual Water Co Inc 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.