Palermo 691, WA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Palermo 691 at a glance
Palermo 691 serves about 150 people through 52 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 Thurston County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5305277. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Palermo 691's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Palermo 691 is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Palermo 691's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 19th percentile in Washington and the 13th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Thurston County
195 other systems share Thurston County; 147 of them have a higher latest lead result than Palermo 691. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Olympia City Of | 126,966 | 3.4 ppb |
| Lacey Water Department | 105,178 | 6 ppb |
| Tumwater City Of | 51,924 | 8 ppb |
| Yelm City Of | 17,355 | 1.9 ppb |
| Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600 | 7,900 | 2.8 ppb |
| Pattison 500 | 4,643 | 3.1 ppb |
| Grand Mound | 3,764 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tenino City Of | 3,336 | 9 ppb |
| Rainier Water Department | 3,103 | 3.4 ppb |
| Meadows 690 | 3,100 | 5.9 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Palermo 691'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 Palermo 691 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.