Davenport Water Division, WA
Exceeded the action level in the past
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 result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Davenport Water Division at a glance
Davenport Water Division serves about 1,750 people through 903 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 groundwater, in Lincoln County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5318100. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Davenport Water Division's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Davenport Water Division is 44 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 44 ppb over 15 |
Where this result ranks
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. Davenport Water Division's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 31st percentile in Washington and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Lincoln County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Davenport Water Division. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Reardan Town Of | 1,418 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wilbur Town Of | 1,040 | 1.2 ppb |
| Odessa | 986 | 0 (not detected) |
| Harrington City Of | 650 | 1.4 ppb |
| Sprague City Of | 570 | 0 (not detected) |
| Roosevelt Lake Ranch | 487 | 1.6 ppb |
| Seven Bays Estates Unlimited | 431 | 0 (not detected) |
| Almira Water System | 372 | 4.8 ppb |
| Creston Public Water | 348 | 1.4 ppb |
| Deer Meadows Water Company Inc | 268 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Davenport, WA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Davenport, 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 Davenport Water Division 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. More in what a past exceedance means today.