Azwell Orchards, WA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.5 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Azwell Orchards serves about 7 people through 56 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Chelan County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5303523. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Azwell Orchards's lead record
That is down 33.2 ppb from 34.7 ppb in the period ending 2017. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Azwell Orchards is 34.7 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 34.7 ppb over 15 |
How Azwell Orchards 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. Azwell Orchards's 1.5 ppb sits at the 58th percentile in Washington and the 63rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Chelan County
45 other systems share Chelan County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Azwell Orchards. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wenatchee City Of | 43,690 | 2 ppb |
| Chelan Co Pud 1 | 16,190 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leavenworth City Of | 11,041 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chelan Water Dept City Of | 9,425 | 3.2 ppb |
| Lake Chelan Reclamation District | 6,798 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cashmere Water Department | 5,815 | 5.8 ppb |
| Malaga Water District | 2,478 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chelan Co Pud - Chelan Ridge | 2,429 | 0.7 ppb |
| Alpine Water District | 2,255 | 0.8 ppb |
| Entiat City Of | 1,730 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tonasket, 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 Azwell Orchards 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.