Battle Ground Water Dept City Of, WA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.5 ppb (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. 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.
About Battle Ground Water Dept City Of
Battle Ground Water Dept City Of serves about 30,237 people through 7,821 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Clark County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5304700. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Battle Ground Water Dept City Of's lead record
That is down 5.1 ppb from 6.6 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Battle Ground Water Dept City Of is 6.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 6.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.5 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. Battle Ground Water Dept City Of's 1.5 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in Washington and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
24 other systems share Clark County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Battle Ground Water Dept City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Vancouver City Of | 373,047 | 2.2 ppb |
| Clark Public Utilities | 153,526 | 1.8 ppb |
| Camas Municipal Water Sewer System | 31,794 | 1.5 ppb |
| Washougal City Of | 21,441 | 2.7 ppb |
| Ridgefield Public Works | 21,225 | 2.1 ppb |
| Yacolt | 3,034 | 2.8 ppb |
| Amboy Clark Public Utilities | 991 | 1.2 ppb |
| Larch Corrections Center | 705 | 1 ppb |
| Country Manor Mobile Home Park | 450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Vista Del Rio Mobile Home Park | 352 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Battle Ground, 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 Battle Ground Water Dept City Of 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.