Albion Water Dept, WA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Albion Water Dept at a glance
Albion Water Dept serves about 600 people through 330 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Whitman County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5300800. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Albion Water Dept's lead record
That is down 1.4 ppb from 1.4 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Albion Water Dept is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
How Albion Water Dept compares
Of the 2,218 Washington systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 18 are over 15 ppb right now and 62 have gone over at some point. Albion Water Dept's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 28th percentile in Washington and the 23rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
18 other systems share Whitman County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than Albion Water Dept. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pullman Water Department City Of | 31,315 | 2.1 ppb |
| Washington State University | 21,506 | 4.9 ppb |
| Colfax Water Department City Of | 3,507 | 3.8 ppb |
| Palouse Water Dept City Of | 1,298 | 3.2 ppb |
| Tekoa City Of | 1,076 | 1.4 ppb |
| Rosalia Town Of | 831 | 3.8 ppb |
| St John Town Of | 800 | 2.2 ppb |
| Garfield Water Department | 694 | 0 (not detected) |
| Colton Water Department | 632 | 4.1 ppb |
| Oakesdale Town Of | 492 | 1.3 ppb |
Next steps for Albion, WA
Look up your address in Albion Water Dept'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 Albion Water Dept 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.