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Lead in Washington drinking water

2,332 community water systems tested

4.5%
of tested systems exceeded the lead action level
(104/2,332)

Lead is a neurotoxin with no known safe level. It usually enters water from old service lines and household plumbing rather than the source, so results vary system to system. The EPA acts when the 90th-percentile sample exceeds 0.015 mg/L.

Water systems

Lead value per system, LCR compliance samples. EPA action level — 0.015 mg/L at the 90th percentile. Systems that exceeded the lead action level are highlighted and listed first. “Not detected” means the contaminant was measured but not found.
SystemCityPopulationLead (mg/L)
SULWHANON SVERSON 150 0.0600 mg/L
RICHMOND TOTTEN 42 0.0597 mg/L
PINE COVE RV PARK 223 0.0544 mg/L
CARBONADO WATER DEPT 875 0.0528 mg/L
PLACE EIGHTEEN HOA 34 0.0470 mg/L
RIVERSIDE VILLA 120 0.0459 mg/L
CEDAR GLEN MOBILE HOME PARK 284 0.0419 mg/L
COTTONWOOD MHP 60 0.0392 mg/L
Goss Lakeridge Acres Association 27 0.0389 mg/L
HOH TRIBE FORKS 120 0.0386 mg/L
STANWOOD WATER DEPT CITY OF 17,586 0.0360 mg/L
NORTHSHORE UTILITY DISTRICT 99,789 0.0353 mg/L
RUTSATZ ROAD DEMING 150 0.0351 mg/L
SNOWBLAZE 121 0.0350 mg/L
CHIPPEWA WATER DISTRICT 185 0.0349 mg/L
RIVER RIDGE ESTATES 77 0.0339 mg/L
HAYNES ACRES DIVISION 1 74 0.0324 mg/L
SPENCER GLEN 55 0.0323 mg/L
RICH ACRES WATER CORP 30 0.0315 mg/L
LAKE MARGARET WATER SYSTEM 406 0.0300 mg/L
SANTIAGO WATER ASSOCIATION MOCLIPS 95 0.0294 mg/L
ALDERWOOD WATER DISTRICT 245,715 0.0280 mg/L
WOODGLEN PRD WATER SYSTEM 40 0.0274 mg/L
SKAMANIA LANDING OWNERS ASSN 132 0.0270 mg/L
MOUNT BAKER MOBILE HOME PARK 87 0.0261 mg/L
LOCLOMAN SUBDIVISION 174 0.0260 mg/L
KITSAP WEST MHC WATER CO 190 0.0260 mg/L
QUEETS TAHOLA 200 0.0257 mg/L
LAKE PLEASANT MOBILE HOME & RV PARK 66 0.0248 mg/L
VISTA BY THE SEA 50 0.0245 mg/L
RHODODENDRON HEIGHTS WATER CO 78 0.0240 mg/L
LISECC 357 0.0232 mg/L
SAMISH FARMS WATER ASSN 1,017 0.0230 mg/L
PORT SUSAN CAMP CLUB #2 MARYSVILLE 1,000 0.0230 mg/L
DRIFTWOOD VALLEY ASSOC (DVA) 151 0.0230 mg/L
MAPLE HILL PARK 35 0.0228 mg/L
BIG BEND LANDOWNERS ASSOCIATION 419 0.0225 mg/L
NAVAL BASE KITSAP AT BANGOR 16,828 0.0214 mg/L
BUCKLEY WATER 7,842 0.0214 mg/L
BELFERN WEST 60 0.0213 mg/L
IONE WATER DEPT 2,395 0.0212 mg/L
OLGA WATER USERS INC 392 0.0210 mg/L
LAKERIDGE WATER CO 120 0.0210 mg/L
WHISPERING CEDARS DEMING 25 0.0209 mg/L
Prairie Village Mobile Home Court 40 0.0207 mg/L
Cole Point Association 37 0.0204 mg/L
ROCHE HARBOR WATER SYSTEM INC 2,091 0.0202 mg/L
UNIONTOWN WATER WORKS 366 0.0202 mg/L
ECHO GLEN WATER SYSTEM 105 0.0200 mg/L
ROSLYN CITY OF 2,099 0.0200 mg/L
5 CEDARS DEMING 150 0.0193 mg/L
RAINIER SCHOOL 556 0.0190 mg/L
CAMPO HACIENDA 123 0.0190 mg/L
REDTAIL HAWK 616 75 0.0190 mg/L
ISLAND VIEW LUD 9 70 0.0190 mg/L
ALPINE WATER DISTRICT 2,255 0.0189 mg/L
OLYMPIC VIEW WATER & SEWER DISTRICT 17,784 0.0188 mg/L
BUCKLIN 402 0.0188 mg/L
PARKWOOD APARTMENTS 60 0.0188 mg/L
MAY VOLT HILLS 106 0.0186 mg/L
CURLEW WATER & SEWER DISTRICT 316 0.0186 mg/L
CEDAR PARK 53 0.0184 mg/L
SNO PUD 1 - SUNDAY LAKE 561 0.0180 mg/L
OYSTERVILLE WATER 72 0.0180 mg/L
VOSPER PLACE SUBDIVISION 68 0.0179 mg/L
RED GATE MOBILE HOME PARK 25 0.0178 mg/L
MADRONA POINT 111 0.0177 mg/L
South Bend Water Department 2,930 0.0176 mg/L
WASHINGTON SOLDIERS HOME COLONY 643 0.0175 mg/L
JOHANSON 148 0.0175 mg/L
SKY MEADOWS RANCH COUNTRY CLUB WTR 98 0.0174 mg/L
VINLAND 4,801 0.0172 mg/L
MAKAH NEAH BAY NEAH BAY 1,300 0.0171 mg/L
SUNNYSLOPE MUTUAL WATER SYSTEM 85 0.0171 mg/L
EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 17,108 0.0170 mg/L
PATTONS RETREAT WATER ASSN 90 0.0168 mg/L
ARLINGTON CITY OF 29,508 0.0166 mg/L
PORT SUSAN CAMP CLUB #3 MARYSVILLE 1,000 0.0166 mg/L
ABERDEEN CITY OF 22,867 0.0165 mg/L
MEADOW RIDGE 175 0.0165 mg/L
EATONVILLE WATER DEPT 3,945 0.0164 mg/L
LAUREL WEST WATER ASSOCIATION 45 0.0164 mg/L
PRESCOTT TOWN OF 522 0.0163 mg/L
BELLINGHAM-WATER DIVISION CITY OF 141,127 0.0162 mg/L
Ocosta Mobile Home Park LLC 26 0.0161 mg/L
OLYMPIC TRAILS WATER SUPPLY 44 0.0161 mg/L
MUCKLESHOOT AUBURN 3,250 0.0160 mg/L
Eloika Pines LLC 87 0.0160 mg/L
TACOMA WATER DIVISION CITY OF 446,170 0.0159 mg/L
ILWACO WATER DEPARTMENT CITY OF 2,757 0.0159 mg/L
CAMANO CO-OP WATER & POWER CO 1,071 0.0158 mg/L
DUGUALLA COMMUNITY INC 459 0.0158 mg/L
LYNCH COVE DIV 1 WATER ASSN 102 0.0158 mg/L
MOUNTAIN VIEW ASSOCIATION 60 0.0156 mg/L
DIABLO WTR SYS-SEATTLE CITY LIGHT 53 0.0155 mg/L
NORTH BONNEVILLE CITY OF 1,048 0.0155 mg/L
EASTSOUND WATER USERS ASSOCIATION 3,711 0.0155 mg/L
LARCH CORRECTIONS CENTER 705 0.0155 mg/L
WOODLAND MHC LLC 209 0.0154 mg/L
KELLEY CREST 45 0.0154 mg/L