Table 5 Distribution of baseline (Round 1) water lead categories and spike detection on any of 15 rounds.

From: Repeated home drinking water sampling to improve detection of particulate lead spikes: a simulation study

Prevalence of spike on Round 1 of sampling

Probability of upward transition

Spike detection on any round

Initial round of sampling sensitivity to spike detection

50% sensitivity achieved by

2%

Lower

10.51%

19.23%

Round 6

2%

Mid-range

31.72%

6.37%

Round 7

2%

Higher

89.74

2.25%

Round 5

10%

Mid-range

38.51%

25.89%

Round 5