The Painted Turtle Camp, CA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
The Painted Turtle Camp at a glance
The Painted Turtle Camp serves about 57 people through 5 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Los Angeles County, California. EPA system ID: CA1900074; phone on file: 661-724-1550. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
The Painted Turtle Camp's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for The Painted Turtle Camp is 12.3 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 5 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 12.3 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1.35 ppb |
How The Painted Turtle Camp 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. The Painted Turtle Camp's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 9th percentile in California and the 4th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Los Angeles County
197 other systems share Los Angeles County; 42 of them have a higher latest lead result than The Painted Turtle Camp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles-City, Dept. Of Water & Power | 3,875,566 | 3.9 ppb |
| Long Beach Utilities Department | 466,772 | 0.97 ppb |
| Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency | 292,014 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gswc - Southwest | 277,740 | 1.7 ppb |
| San Gabriel Valley Water Co.-El Monte | 240,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Los Angeles Cwwd 40 Reg 4 & 34 Lancaster | 208,129 | 1.8 ppb |
| Glendale-City, Water Dept. | 192,212 | 5.3 ppb |
| Suburban Water Systems-San Jose | 170,523 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pasadena Water And Power | 165,448 | 1.9 ppb |
| Pomona - City, Water Dept. | 151,713 | 2.1 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in The Painted Turtle Camp's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask The Painted Turtle Camp 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.