Fields Water Association, WA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.6 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About Fields Water Association
Fields Water Association serves about 60 people through 28 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Island County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5352590. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is down 10.9 ppb from 11.5 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fields Water Association is 11.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 11.5 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
How Fields Water Association 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. Fields Water Association's 0.6 ppb sits at the 39th percentile in Washington and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
232 other systems share Island County; 154 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fields Water Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Oak Harbor City Of | 23,675 | 1.2 ppb |
| Naval Air Station/Whidbey Island | 16,595 | 3.4 ppb |
| Coupeville Town Of | 4,142 | 3.5 ppb |
| Camano Water Association | 2,592 | 1 ppb |
| Clinton Water District | 1,980 | 9.8 ppb |
| Langley City Of | 1,416 | 1.9 ppb |
| Harbor Hills Community Water System | 1,373 | 3 ppb |
| Freeland Water And Sewer District | 1,264 | 0 (not detected) |
| W&B Waterworks 1 | 1,112 | 1.3 ppb |
| Camano Co-Op Water & Power Co | 1,071 | 9.5 ppb |
Next steps for Mt Vernon, WA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mt Vernon, 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 Fields Water Association 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.