Dexter By The Sea, WA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Dexter By The Sea at a glance
Dexter By The Sea serves about 96 people through 71 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Pacific County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5319175. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is down 2 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dexter By The Sea is 2.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.5 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. Dexter By The Sea's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 14th percentile in Washington and the 9th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Pacific County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dexter By The Sea. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| North Beach Water | 8,093 | 20 ppb |
| Long Beach Water Department | 4,628 | 3.8 ppb |
| Raymond Water Department | 4,620 | 1.1 ppb |
| South Bend Water Department | 2,930 | 23 ppb |
| Ilwaco Water Department City Of | 2,757 | 2 ppb |
| Surfside Homeowners | 2,687 | 4 ppb |
| Willapa Valley Water District | 2,425 | 0 (not detected) |
| Naselle | 2,073 | 1 ppb |
| Chinook Water District | 664 | 9 ppb |
| Bay Center | 579 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Dexter By The Sea'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 Dexter By The Sea 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.