Skagit Co Pud - Alger, 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.
About Skagit Co Pud - Alger
Skagit Co Pud - Alger serves about 446 people through 142 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 Skagit County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5301400. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Skagit Co Pud - Alger's lead record
That is down 1.5 ppb from 1.5 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Skagit Co Pud - Alger is 8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 8 ppb |
How Skagit Co Pud - Alger 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. Skagit Co Pud - Alger's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 27th percentile in Washington and the 21st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
38 other systems share Skagit County; 26 of them have a higher latest lead result than Skagit Co Pud - Alger. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Skagit County Pud 1 Judy Res | 111,415 | 0 (not detected) |
| Anacortes City Of | 25,109 | 1.1 ppb |
| Shelter Bay Community Inc | 2,212 | 1.6 ppb |
| Skagit Co Water District #1 | 1,974 | 0 (not detected) |
| La Conner Water Dept | 1,821 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blanchard Edison Water Assn. Inc. | 1,480 | 2.8 ppb |
| Concrete Utilities | 1,234 | 1.8 ppb |
| Samish Farms Water Assn | 1,017 | 5.3 ppb |
| Cape Horn Maintenance Company | 940 | 1.4 ppb |
| Lyman Water Department | 705 | 3.1 ppb |
Next steps for Mount Vernon, WA
Look up your address in Skagit Co Pud - Alger'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 Skagit Co Pud - Alger 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.