East Wenatchee Water District, 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.
East Wenatchee Water District at a glance
East Wenatchee Water District serves about 26,519 people through 13,310 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Douglas County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5321800. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for East Wenatchee Water District is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
How East Wenatchee Water District compares
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. East Wenatchee Water District's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 35th percentile in Washington and the 39th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
17 other systems share Douglas County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than East Wenatchee Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rock Island Water Dept City Of | 3,226 | 1 ppb |
| Bridgeport City Of | 2,214 | 5.4 ppb |
| Waterville Town Of | 1,140 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sun Cove Public Water System | 716 | 0.9 ppb |
| Mansfield Water System | 380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Corral Springs Water System | 336 | 2.1 ppb |
| Greater Bar Water District | 330 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crane Ranch | 329 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cro Farms Inc | 297 | 2.8 ppb |
| Desert Canyon Domestic Water System | 292 | 2.9 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in East Wenatchee Water District'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 East Wenatchee Water District 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.