Strathmore Public Util Dist, CA
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13 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. 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.
Strathmore Public Util Dist at a glance
Strathmore Public Util Dist serves about 2,669 people through 474 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 Tulare County, California. EPA system ID: CA5410012; phone on file: 559-568-1613. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 3 ppb from 16 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Strathmore Public Util Dist is 16 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2021 | 16 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Strathmore Public Util 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. Strathmore Public Util Dist's 13 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in California and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
90 other systems share Tulare County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Strathmore Public Util Dist. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cws - Visalia | 153,522 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tulare, City Of | 72,241 | 0 (not detected) |
| Porterville, City Of | 63,487 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dinuba, City Of | 27,641 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lindsay, City Of | 12,659 | 0 (not detected) |
| Exeter, City Of | 11,169 | 11 ppb |
| Farmersville, City Of | 10,243 | 1.3 ppb |
| Orosi Public Utility District | 8,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodlake, City Of | 7,918 | 0 (not detected) |
| Earlimart Pud | 7,679 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Strathmore, 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 Strathmore Public Util 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.