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Cedar River Water & Sewer District, 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.

Who runs the water here

Cedar River Water & Sewer District serves about 28,671 people through 10,930 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 King County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5341800. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.

Lead results over time

That is down 1.3 ppb from 1.3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cedar River Water & Sewer District is 1.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.

Period ending90th-percentile lead
20250 (not detected)
20221.3 ppb
20191 ppb
20161.7 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. Cedar River Water & Sewer District's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 35th percentile in Washington and the 39th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.

Neighbouring systems

153 other systems share King County; 94 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cedar River Water & Sewer District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.

SystemPeopleLatest lead
Seattle Public Utilities1,161,9611.6 ppb
Bellevue City Of321,349-
Kent Water Department166,4210 (not detected)
Redmond Water System City Of163,3352 ppb
Lakehaven Water And Sewer District148,8093.3 ppb
Renton City Of108,0911.9 ppb
Auburn City Of107,6552.2 ppb
Highline Water District100,1701.4 ppb
Northshore Utility District99,789-
Sammamish Plateau Water & Sewer79,3621.7 ppb

What to do in your house

Look up your address in Cedar River Water & Sewer District'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 Cedar River Water & Sewer District 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.