West Almanor M.W.C., CA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About West Almanor M.W.C.
West Almanor M.W.C. serves about 1,464 people through 523 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Plumas County, California. EPA system ID: CA3210007; phone on file: 530-258-3331. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for West Almanor M.W.C. is 2.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 2.1 ppb |
Against other California systems
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. West Almanor M.W.C.'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 44th percentile in California and the 29th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Plumas County
26 other systems share Plumas County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than West Almanor M.W.C.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| American Valley Csd | 3,778 | 0.3 ppb |
| Chester Public U.D. | 2,187 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Portola | 2,100 | 2 ppb |
| Hamilton Branch Csd | 1,874 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ivcsd-Greenville | 795 | 1.49 ppb |
| Graeagle Water Company | 737 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grizzly Lake Csd-Delleker | 657 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whitehawk Ranch Mwc | 540 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Almanor Country Club Mwc | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Plumas Eureka Csd | 334 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in West Almanor M.W.C.'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 West Almanor 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.