Saddle Mountain Water Assoc., WA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.8 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.
Saddle Mountain Water Assoc. at a glance
Saddle Mountain Water Assoc. serves about 219 people through 73 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Adams County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5375200. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.8 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Saddle Mountain Water Assoc. is 2.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
How Saddle Mountain Water Assoc. 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. Saddle Mountain Water Assoc.'s 2.8 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Washington and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
30 other systems share Adams County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Saddle Mountain Water Assoc.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Othello Water Department | 8,755 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ritzville Water Department | 1,725 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lind Town Of | 903 | 0 (not detected) |
| Adams County Water Dist #1 | 870 | 0 (not detected) |
| Othello Manor Llc | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Golden Plains Mhp #1 | 360 | 0 (not detected) |
| Washtucna Water Department | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Summerset West Water Association | 240 | 0 (not detected) |
| Othello Country Club Water Assn | 208 | 0 (not detected) |
| Radar Community Llc | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Moses Lake, 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 Saddle Mountain Water Assoc. 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.