Tala Point, WA
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11 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.
About Tala Point
Tala Point serves about 45 people through 18 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Jefferson County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5360203. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 9.4 ppb from 1.6 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tala Point is 11 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2021 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 4 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. Tala Point's 11 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Washington and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
23 other systems share Jefferson County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Tala Point. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Port Townsend City Of | 17,053 | 3 ppb |
| Quimper | 14,548 | 2 ppb |
| Olympic Water & Sewer Inc | 3,086 | 5.9 ppb |
| Cape George Colony Club Inc | 1,022 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bywater Bay | 628 | 2 ppb |
| Bridgehaven Community Club | 623 | 17 ppb |
| Jefferson County Water Dist #1 | 600 | 1.5 ppb |
| Olympic Corrections Center | 390 | 0.5 ppb |
| Gardiner Lud 1 | 379 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lazy C | 367 | 3 ppb |
Next steps for Port Orchard, WA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Port Orchard, 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 Tala Point 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.