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Nitrate at Chelan Co Pud - Chelan Ridge

Washington · system WA5300631 · serves 110 people

Band placed by this system's most recent reported result within a rolling three-year window. That result was a non-detect — the ranked value of 0.1 is half the reported limit, a convention, not a measurement. Detected results within the window appear in the three-year range.

The reading

Not detected
most recent · Mar 2026 · reported limit <0.2 · ranked at 0.1 mg/L as N
ND · detected 0.194
three-year range · non-detects at limit <0.2
3 samples
what this result rests on
110
people served

A single reading is not a complete account of what a household drinks, so the three-year range and the number of tests behind it are shown too — a reading backed by many tests over three years is a fuller picture than one from a single sample.

Source: Washington State Department of Health - Office of Drinking Water drinking-water records (bulk data feed; no per-record link) · Washington · system WA5300631 · the three years from August 9, 2023 to August 9, 2026

Where this ranks

This system's nitrate sits near the low end nationally. Systems reporting less serve about 16% of everyone on NitrateSmart's tracked supply; the other about 84% are on systems reporting the same or more. That compares what systems reported, not what comes out of any one tap.

Natural backgroundHuman impact likelyHuman impact clearHealth-study rangeAbove the federal limit

What "Natural background" means

This system's nitrate sits within the range that occurs naturally in groundwater[1]. There is no sign of a human fingerprint in the water. It is a statement about the source, not a clean bill of health — nitrate is only one thing a water test looks at.

Sources

  1. Dubrovsky, N.M., and others (2010). Nutrients in the Nation's Streams and Groundwater, 1992–2004. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1350.

The bands describe how strongly human activity, read from nitrate, has marked a water source — they are not a safety verdict. More on what the numbers mean and where nitrate comes from.

NitrateSmart

Nitrate in community water systems, from the utilities’ own compliance reporting.

Results reaching back to July 2023 · current through August 9, 2026.

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