Cle Elum Water Department, 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 Cle Elum Water Department
Cle Elum Water Department serves about 2,213 people through 1,488 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Kittitas County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5313500. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is down 3.1 ppb from 3.1 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cle Elum Water Department is 3.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.8 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. Cle Elum Water Department's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 32nd percentile in Washington and the 31st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
36 other systems share Kittitas County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cle Elum Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ellensburg Water Dept | 20,900 | 1.5 ppb |
| Suncadia Resort | 2,640 | 13 ppb |
| Kittitas City Of | 2,247 | 1 ppb |
| Roslyn City Of | 2,099 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kittitas County Water District #5 | 700 | 0 (not detected) |
| South Cle Elum Water Dept | 541 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kittitas County Water District #4 | 510 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kittitas County Water District #7 | 463 | 0 (not detected) |
| Vantage Water System | 405 | 0 (not detected) |
| Easton Water District | 362 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Cle Elum Water Department'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 Cle Elum 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. 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.