Cashmere Water Department, WA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.8 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 Cashmere Water Department
Cashmere Water Department serves about 5,815 people through 1,506 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Chelan County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5311700. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.9 ppb from 7.7 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cashmere Water Department is 7.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.4 ppb |
How Cashmere Water Department 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. Cashmere Water Department's 5.8 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in Washington and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
45 other systems share Chelan County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Cashmere Water Department. 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) |
| 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) |
| Chelan Co Pud1 - Peshastin | 1,397 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Cashmere, WA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cashmere, 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 Cashmere Water Department 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.