Oakesdale Town Of, WA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.3 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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
Oakesdale Town Of serves about 492 people through 234 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 Whitman County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5362700. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Oakesdale Town Of is 1.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.6 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. Oakesdale Town Of's 1.3 ppb sits at the 56th percentile in Washington and the 60th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
18 other systems share Whitman County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Oakesdale Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pullman Water Department City Of | 31,315 | 2.1 ppb |
| Washington State University | 21,506 | 4.9 ppb |
| Colfax Water Department City Of | 3,507 | 3.8 ppb |
| Palouse Water Dept City Of | 1,298 | 3.2 ppb |
| Tekoa City Of | 1,076 | 1.4 ppb |
| Rosalia Town Of | 831 | 3.8 ppb |
| St John Town Of | 800 | 2.2 ppb |
| Garfield Water Department | 694 | 0 (not detected) |
| Colton Water Department | 632 | 4.1 ppb |
| Albion Water Dept | 600 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Oaksdale, 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 Oakesdale Town 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.