Long Beach Water Department, WA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.8 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 Long Beach Water Department
Long Beach Water Department serves about 4,628 people through 2,411 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Pacific County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5348000. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 2.6 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Long Beach Water Department is 3.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.4 ppb |
How Long Beach Water Department 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. Long Beach Water Department's 3.8 ppb sits at the 87th percentile in Washington and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Pacific County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Long Beach Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| North Beach Water | 8,093 | 20 ppb |
| Raymond Water Department | 4,620 | 1.1 ppb |
| South Bend Water Department | 2,930 | 23 ppb |
| Ilwaco Water Department City Of | 2,757 | 2 ppb |
| Surfside Homeowners | 2,687 | 4 ppb |
| Willapa Valley Water District | 2,425 | 0 (not detected) |
| Naselle | 2,073 | 1 ppb |
| Chinook Water District | 664 | 9 ppb |
| Bay Center | 579 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lebam | 174 | 8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Long Beach, 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 Long Beach Water Department 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.