Modern Electric Water Co, WA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Modern Electric Water Co at a glance
Modern Electric Water Co serves about 18,487 people through 9,887 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Spokane County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5355600. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.1 ppb from 1.1 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Modern Electric Water Co is 3.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.8 ppb |
How Modern Electric Water Co 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. Modern Electric Water Co's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 35th percentile in Washington and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Spokane County
86 other systems share Spokane County; 54 of them have a higher latest lead result than Modern Electric Water Co. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Spokane City Of | 346,138 | 2 ppb |
| Whitworth Water District 2 | 26,883 | 1.3 ppb |
| Vera Water & Power | 24,692 | 20.8 ppb |
| Consolidated Irrig Dist 19 System 2 | 21,220 | 1.3 ppb |
| Spo Co Water Dist 3 Sys 1 | 19,035 | 1.6 ppb |
| Eastern Washington University | 17,108 | 6.5 ppb |
| Cheney City Of | 16,954 | 1.3 ppb |
| Liberty Lake Sewer & Water District | 14,500 | 1.5 ppb |
| Fairchild Air Force Base | 9,544 | 4.2 ppb |
| Airway Heights City Of | 9,489 | 11.1 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Modern Electric Water Co'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 Modern Electric Water Co 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.