Cascade Foothills, WA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Cascade Foothills
Cascade Foothills serves about 61 people through 13 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Douglas County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5307285. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Cascade Foothills's lead record
That is down 11.1 ppb from 11.1 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cascade Foothills is 11.1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 11.1 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.2 ppb |
How Cascade Foothills 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. Cascade Foothills's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 8th percentile in Washington and the 5th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
17 other systems share Douglas County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cascade Foothills. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| East Wenatchee Water District | 26,519 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rock Island Water Dept City Of | 3,226 | 1 ppb |
| Bridgeport City Of | 2,214 | 5.4 ppb |
| Waterville Town Of | 1,140 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sun Cove Public Water System | 716 | 0.9 ppb |
| Mansfield Water System | 380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Corral Springs Water System | 336 | 2.1 ppb |
| Greater Bar Water District | 330 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crane Ranch | 329 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cro Farms Inc | 297 | 2.8 ppb |
Next steps for Tonasket, WA
Look up your address in Cascade Foothills's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Cascade Foothills 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.