Sun Mountain M.W.C., CA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.83 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 Sun Mountain M.W.C.
Sun Mountain M.W.C. serves about 109 people through 33 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Siskiyou County, California. EPA system ID: CA4700686; phone on file: 530-526-6994. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (1.26 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sun Mountain M.W.C. is 1.26 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.83 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.26 ppb |
| 2019 | 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. Sun Mountain M.W.C.'s 0.83 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in California and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
29 other systems share Siskiyou County; 18 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sun Mountain M.W.C.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Yreka, City Of | 7,879 | 0.6 ppb |
| Mt. Shasta, City Of | 3,642 | 1.36 ppb |
| Lake Shastina C.S.D | 2,790 | 1.68 ppb |
| Weed, City Of | 2,662 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dunsmuir, City Of | 1,707 | 6.55 ppb |
| Mccloud C.S.D. | 1,317 | 7.4 ppb |
| Montague, City Of | 1,264 | 1.56 ppb |
| Happy Camp C.S.D. | 1,100 | 1.62 ppb |
| Tulelake, City Of | 925 | 1.6 ppb |
| Dorris, City Of | 887 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Mt. Shasta, CA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mt. Shasta, 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 Sun Mountain M.W.C. 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.