Aust 210, WA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.7 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Aust 210 at a glance
Aust 210 serves about 35 people through 18 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Lewis County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5301222. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Aust 210's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Aust 210 is 1.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Aust 210's 0.7 ppb sits at the 41st percentile in Washington and the 46th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
50 other systems share Lewis County; 33 of them have a higher latest lead result than Aust 210. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Centralia Public Works - Water | 28,164 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chehalis Water Department | 11,718 | 0 (not detected) |
| Winlock City Of | 3,502 | 2.4 ppb |
| Napavine City Of | 3,095 | 3 ppb |
| Boistfort Valley | 2,389 | 0 (not detected) |
| Morton City Of | 2,147 | 2.4 ppb |
| Lewis Co Water Dist #2 | 1,983 | 0 (not detected) |
| Toledo Municipal | 1,944 | 4 ppb |
| Mossyrock Public Utility City Of | 1,553 | 2 ppb |
| High Valley Country Club | 1,425 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Lacey, WA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lacey, WA 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 Aust 210 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.