Chelan Co Pud - Dryden, WA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 ppb (monitoring period 2019-2021). 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
Chelan Co Pud - Dryden serves about 163 people through 65 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Chelan County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5320100. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Chelan Co Pud - Dryden's lead record
Against the period ending 2018 (0.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Chelan Co Pud - Dryden is 1.7 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.7 ppb |
How Chelan Co Pud - Dryden 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. Chelan Co Pud - Dryden's 1.7 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Washington and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
45 other systems share Chelan County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Chelan Co Pud - Dryden. 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) |
| Cashmere Water Department | 5,815 | 5.8 ppb |
| 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) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wenatchee, 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 Chelan Co Pud - Dryden 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.