Goodnight Water System, 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.
Goodnight Water System at a glance
Goodnight Water System serves about 47 people through 13 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Benton County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5303414. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Goodnight Water System'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 Goodnight Water System is 1 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 ppb |
How Goodnight Water System 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. Goodnight Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 5th percentile in Washington and the 3rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Benton County
42 other systems share Benton County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Goodnight Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kennewick City Of | 118,164 | 0 (not detected) |
| Richland City Of | 106,499 | 2.4 ppb |
| West Richland City Of | 21,231 | 0 (not detected) |
| Prosser City Of | 8,030 | 0 (not detected) |
| Benton City Water | 5,626 | 0 (not detected) |
| Badger Mountain Irrigation District | 2,331 | 2.8 ppb |
| Summit View Water System | 1,869 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bc Water Co | 1,262 | 0 (not detected) |
| Community Sewer And Water District | 1,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oasis Water Corporation | 556 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Kennewick, WA
Look up your address in Goodnight Water System'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 Goodnight 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.