Lenora Water And Sewer District, WA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (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. 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 Lenora Water And Sewer District
Lenora Water And Sewer District serves about 75 people through 277 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 Pend Oreille County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5301281. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lenora Water And Sewer District is 2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 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. Lenora Water And Sewer District's 2 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in Washington and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Pend Oreille County
14 other systems share Pend Oreille County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lenora Water And Sewer District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Newport City Of | 3,331 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ione Water Dept | 2,395 | 1.2 ppb |
| Diamond Lake Water & Sewer District | 1,299 | 2.2 ppb |
| Cusick Town Of | 672 | 3.2 ppb |
| Metaline Falls Town Of | 593 | 0 (not detected) |
| Metaline Water Dept | 193 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chippewa Water District | 185 | 0 (not detected) |
| River Bend Water System | 140 | 0.5 ppb |
| Sandy Shore & Sunnyside Meadows | 83 | 0 (not detected) |
| Goosehaven | 75 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Usk, 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 Lenora Water And Sewer 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.