Vierra Meadows Mwc, CA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.1 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.
Vierra Meadows Mwc at a glance
Vierra Meadows Mwc serves about 65 people through 25 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Monterey County, California. EPA system ID: CA2702003; phone on file: 831-663-2641. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Vierra Meadows Mwc's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 1.1 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Vierra Meadows Mwc is 3.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.5 ppb |
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. Vierra Meadows Mwc's 3.1 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in California and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
155 other systems share Monterey County; 35 of them have a higher latest lead result than Vierra Meadows Mwc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cal Am Water Company - Monterey | 128,928 | 1 ppb |
| Cwsc Salinas | 114,286 | 1.2 ppb |
| Alco Water Service | 56,253 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marina Coast Water District | 38,918 | 0 (not detected) |
| Soledad, City Of | 19,732 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greenfield, City Of | 18,967 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cwsc King City | 14,046 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gonzales, City Of | 8,333 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cwsc Salinas Hills | 7,733 | 0.9 ppb |
| Castroville Community Services District | 7,515 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Salinas, 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 Vierra Meadows Mwc whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1622 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.