E.L.C. Water System, WA
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 10.3 ppb (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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
E.L.C. Water System at a glance
E.L.C. Water System serves about 36 people through 33 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in San Juan County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5302051. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
E.L.C. Water System's lead record
That is up 9.3 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for E.L.C. Water System is 10.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.3 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 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. E.L.C. Water System's 10.3 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Washington and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
39 other systems share San Juan County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than E.L.C. Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Eastsound Water Users Association | 3,711 | 5.3 ppb |
| Friday Harbor Town Of | 3,543 | 1.6 ppb |
| Roche Harbor Water System Inc | 2,091 | 3.3 ppb |
| Rosario | 1,426 | 4.5 ppb |
| Fisherman Bay Water Association | 1,195 | 0 (not detected) |
| Doe Bay Water Users Assoc | 442 | 3.3 ppb |
| Olga Water Users Inc | 392 | 3.1 ppb |
| West Sound Water Association | 206 | 1.6 ppb |
| Cape San Juan Water District | 164 | 5.1 ppb |
| Oaks The Mobile Home Park | 143 | 1.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Eastsound, 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 E.L.C. Water System 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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.