Pacific Beach/Moclips, WA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.1 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 Pacific Beach/Moclips
Pacific Beach/Moclips serves about 2,372 people through 1,474 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 groundwater, in Grays Harbor County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5300333. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Pacific Beach/Moclips's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (1.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pacific Beach/Moclips is 4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 4 ppb |
How Pacific Beach/Moclips 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. Pacific Beach/Moclips's 2.1 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in Washington and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
34 other systems share Grays Harbor County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pacific Beach/Moclips. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City Of | 22,867 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hoquiam Water Department | 11,456 | 1.2 ppb |
| Ocean Shores Water Dept | 9,347 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elma City Of | 6,638 | 1.4 ppb |
| Montesano City Of | 6,204 | 3.6 ppb |
| Westport Water Department | 5,346 | 2.9 ppb |
| Grays Harbor Co Water Dist 2 | 5,112 | 6.4 ppb |
| Mccleary City Of | 2,753 | 2 ppb |
| Cosmopolis Water Department | 1,812 | 1.2 ppb |
| Hogans Corner | 1,458 | 7 ppb |
Next steps for Montesano, WA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Montesano, 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 Pacific Beach/Moclips 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.