Crestview Tracts #3, WA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2018-2020). 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 Crestview Tracts #3
Crestview Tracts #3 serves about 77 people through 32 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in King County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5316231. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Crestview Tracts #3's lead record
Against the period ending 2017 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Crestview Tracts #3 is 2 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 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. Crestview Tracts #3's 1 ppb sits at the 48th percentile in Washington and the 51st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
153 other systems share King County; 65 of them have a higher latest lead result than Crestview Tracts #3. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Public Utilities | 1,161,961 | 1.6 ppb |
| Bellevue City Of | 321,349 | - |
| Kent Water Department | 166,421 | 0 (not detected) |
| Redmond Water System City Of | 163,335 | 2 ppb |
| Lakehaven Water And Sewer District | 148,809 | 3.3 ppb |
| Renton City Of | 108,091 | 1.9 ppb |
| Auburn City Of | 107,655 | 2.2 ppb |
| Highline Water District | 100,170 | 1.4 ppb |
| Northshore Utility District | 99,789 | - |
| Sammamish Plateau Water & Sewer | 79,362 | 1.7 ppb |
Next steps for Auburn, WA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Auburn, 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 Crestview Tracts #3 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.