Bremerton City Of, WA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 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.
Bremerton City Of at a glance
Bremerton City Of serves about 72,951 people through 30,371 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 surface water, in Kitsap County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5308200. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bremerton City Of is 5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 ppb |
| 2020 | 5 ppb |
| 2017 | 3 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. Bremerton City Of's 5 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in Washington and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Kitsap County
149 other systems share Kitsap County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bremerton City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Silverdale Water Dist 16 | 35,163 | 2 ppb |
| West Sound Utility District #1 | 28,930 | 1 ppb |
| North Perry Ave Water District | 24,402 | 1 ppb |
| Poulsbo City Of | 18,400 | 1 ppb |
| Naval Base Kitsap At Bangor | 16,828 | 3 ppb |
| North Peninsula | 16,449 | 2 ppb |
| Port Orchard Water Dept | 15,355 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bainbridge Island City Of | 13,491 | 3 ppb |
| Naval Base Kitsap At Bremerton | 11,792 | 2 ppb |
| Manchester Water District | 10,475 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Bremerton, WA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bremerton, 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 Bremerton 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.