Tahoe City Pud - Tahoe Cedars, CA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.2 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.
Who runs the water here
Tahoe City Pud - Tahoe Cedars serves about 2,745 people through 1,259 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Placer County, California. EPA system ID: CA3110013; phone on file: 530-580-6330. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.5 ppb from 1.7 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tahoe City Pud - Tahoe Cedars is 3.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.5 ppb |
How Tahoe City Pud - Tahoe Cedars 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. Tahoe City Pud - Tahoe Cedars's 3.2 ppb sits at the 87th percentile in California and the 84th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
50 other systems share Placer County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tahoe City Pud - Tahoe Cedars. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Roseville | 165,736 | 0 (not detected) |
| Placer Cwa - Foothill | 93,417 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Lincoln | 56,268 | 0 (not detected) |
| Placer Cwa - Auburn/Bowman | 27,317 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cal Am - West Placer | 9,547 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nevada Id - North Auburn | 6,870 | 0 (not detected) |
| Foresthill Public Utility Dist | 6,811 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tahoe City Pud - Main | 6,411 | 4.4 ppb |
| North Tahoe Pud - Main | 6,321 | 1.45 ppb |
| Northstar Csd - Martis Valley | 4,432 | 0.85 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tahoe City, 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 Tahoe City Pud - Tahoe Cedars 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.