Cole Point Association, WA
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 15.2 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Cole Point Association serves about 37 people through 29 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Pierce County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5313943. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Cole Point Association's lead record
That is up 4 ppb from 11.2 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cole Point Association is 22.6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 15.2 ppb over 15 |
| 2024 | 11.2 ppb over 10 |
| 2024 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2023 | 22.6 ppb over 15 |
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. Cole Point Association's 15.2 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Washington and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Pierce County
226 other systems share Pierce County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cole Point Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tacoma Water Division City Of | 446,245 | 0 (not detected) |
| Puyallup City Of | 94,520 | 2.7 ppb |
| Lakewood Water District | 82,425 | 1.1 ppb |
| Southwood | 64,155 | 1.6 ppb |
| Bonney Lake Water Department City | 43,371 | 2.4 ppb |
| Firgrove Mutual Inc | 36,168 | 2.9 ppb |
| Jblm Lewis | 35,414 | 0 (not detected) |
| Spanaway Water Company | 34,506 | 2.4 ppb |
| Parkland Light & Water Company | 33,775 | 2.4 ppb |
| Fife Dept Of Public Works | 29,091 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Port Orchard, WA
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Cole Point Association 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.