Suncadia Resort, WA
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Suncadia Resort serves about 2,640 people through 1,402 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Kittitas County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA53AA317. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Suncadia Resort's lead record
That is up 4.9 ppb from 8.1 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Suncadia Resort is 13 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2021 | 8.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.5 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. Suncadia Resort's 13 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Washington and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
36 other systems share Kittitas County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Suncadia Resort. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ellensburg Water Dept | 20,900 | 1.5 ppb |
| Kittitas City Of | 2,247 | 1 ppb |
| Cle Elum Water Department | 2,213 | 0 (not detected) |
| Roslyn City Of | 2,099 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kittitas County Water District #5 | 700 | 0 (not detected) |
| South Cle Elum Water Dept | 541 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kittitas County Water District #4 | 510 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kittitas County Water District #7 | 463 | 0 (not detected) |
| Vantage Water System | 405 | 0 (not detected) |
| Easton Water District | 362 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Cle Elum, WA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cle Elum, 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 Suncadia Resort 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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.