Dungeness Beach, 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.
Who runs the water here
Dungeness Beach serves about 181 people through 90 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Clallam County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5320350. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Dungeness Beach's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dungeness Beach is 1.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.5 ppb |
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. Dungeness Beach's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 21st percentile in Washington and the 14th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Clallam County
61 other systems share Clallam County; 42 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dungeness Beach. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Port Angeles City Of | 28,067 | 2 ppb |
| Sequim City Of | 14,293 | 2.1 ppb |
| Port Angeles Composite | 8,872 | 1.6 ppb |
| Forks Municipal Water Dept | 3,468 | 2 ppb |
| Dry Creek Water Association | 3,030 | 5 ppb |
| West Sequim Bay Inc | 2,759 | 1 ppb |
| Crescent Water Assn | 2,360 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sunland Water District | 2,235 | 5 ppb |
| Clallam Bay Sekiu | 1,719 | 1.8 ppb |
| Evergreen Clallam County Pud 1 | 1,694 | 2.3 ppb |
Next steps for Sequim, WA
Look up your address in Dungeness Beach'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 Dungeness Beach 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.