Camas Municipal Water Sewer System, WA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.5 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Who runs the water here
Camas Municipal Water Sewer System serves about 31,794 people through 11,842 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: WA5310800. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.5 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Camas Municipal Water Sewer System is 4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 4 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.3 ppb |
Against other Washington systems
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. Camas Municipal Water Sewer System'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 Camas Municipal Water Sewer System. 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 |
| Battle Ground Water Dept City Of | 30,237 | 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) |
Next steps for Camas, WA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Camas, 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 Camas Municipal Water Sewer System 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.