Morton City Of, WA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.4 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.
Who runs the water here
Morton City Of serves about 2,147 people through 694 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 surface water, in Lewis County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5356250. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.2 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Morton City Of is 4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 4 ppb |
How Morton City Of 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. Morton City Of's 2.4 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Washington and the 77th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Lewis County
50 other systems share Lewis County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than Morton City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Centralia Public Works - Water | 28,164 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chehalis Water Department | 11,718 | 0 (not detected) |
| Winlock City Of | 3,502 | 2.4 ppb |
| Napavine City Of | 3,095 | 3 ppb |
| Boistfort Valley | 2,389 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lewis Co Water Dist #2 | 1,983 | 0 (not detected) |
| Toledo Municipal | 1,944 | 4 ppb |
| Mossyrock Public Utility City Of | 1,553 | 2 ppb |
| High Valley Country Club | 1,425 | 2 ppb |
| Lewis Co Water Dist #1 | 1,174 | 1.7 ppb |
Next steps for Morton, WA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Morton, 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 Morton 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.