Harrington City Of, WA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.4 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 Harrington City Of
Harrington City Of serves about 650 people through 284 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Lincoln County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5331450. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Harrington City Of's lead record
That is down 6.3 ppb from 7.7 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Harrington City Of is 11.9 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 11.9 ppb over 10 |
Against other Washington systems
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. Harrington City Of's 1.4 ppb sits at the 58th percentile in Washington and the 62nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Lincoln County
14 other systems share Lincoln County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Harrington City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Davenport Water Division | 1,750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Reardan Town Of | 1,418 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wilbur Town Of | 1,040 | 1.2 ppb |
| Odessa | 986 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sprague City Of | 570 | 0 (not detected) |
| Roosevelt Lake Ranch | 487 | 1.6 ppb |
| Seven Bays Estates Unlimited | 431 | 0 (not detected) |
| Almira Water System | 372 | 4.8 ppb |
| Creston Public Water | 348 | 1.4 ppb |
| Deer Meadows Water Company Inc | 268 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Waverly, WA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Waverly, 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 Harrington City Of 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.