Home Valley Water District, WA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Home Valley Water District at a glance
Home Valley Water District serves about 500 people through 151 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Skamania County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5309188. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (1.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Home Valley Water District is 4.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.2 ppb |
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. Home Valley Water District's 1.2 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Washington and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Skamania County
12 other systems share Skamania County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Home Valley Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Stevenson Water Dept | 4,702 | 2.1 ppb |
| Carson | 3,015 | 1.5 ppb |
| North Bonneville City Of | 1,048 | 3.1 ppb |
| Underwood | 1,000 | 8.5 ppb |
| Mill A Water Co | 278 | 0 (not detected) |
| Skamania Landing Owners Assn | 132 | 28.4 ppb |
| Duggan Falls | 100 | 2.6 ppb |
| Mountain View | 72 | 0 (not detected) |
| Maple Hill Water Services | 62 | 3 ppb |
| Wind River Community | 44 | 0.9 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Stevenson, 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 Home Valley 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. 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.