Willapa Valley Water District, 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.
Willapa Valley Water District at a glance
Willapa Valley Water District serves about 2,425 people through 765 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Pacific County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5397100. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Willapa Valley Water District'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 Willapa Valley Water District is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 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. Willapa Valley Water District's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 32nd percentile in Washington and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Pacific County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Willapa Valley Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| North Beach Water | 8,093 | 20 ppb |
| Long Beach Water Department | 4,628 | 3.8 ppb |
| Raymond Water Department | 4,620 | 1.1 ppb |
| South Bend Water Department | 2,930 | 23 ppb |
| Ilwaco Water Department City Of | 2,757 | 2 ppb |
| Surfside Homeowners | 2,687 | 4 ppb |
| Naselle | 2,073 | 1 ppb |
| Chinook Water District | 664 | 9 ppb |
| Bay Center | 579 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lebam | 174 | 8 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Willapa Valley Water District'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 Willapa Valley Water District 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.