Is Washington, KS tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Washington has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Kansas’s records: Washington Co RWD 2.
City of Washington, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Kansas’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
The water from City of Washington is hard, 140 mg/L (8.2 grains per gallon). How Kansas’s water compares.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Washington’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Washington
Kansas · serves 1,065 people · under 100 in Washington
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: hard, 140 mg/L (8.2 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Washington Co RWD 2
Kansas · serves 673 people · under 100 in Washington
1 result above the action level. The worst: Copper at 1.6 ppm, above the action level. Hardness: moderately hard, typically 92 mg/L (5.4 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Washington
The 2 labs Kansas certifies closest to Washington, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
LandIntel Solutions, LLC
Scandia, KS · about 37 miles
Certified for bacteria
Irwin Army Community Hospital-Water Laboratory-PH-EH
Fort Riley, KS · about 53 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Washington
Which ZIP codes are in Washington: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Kansas Department of Health and Environment, drinking water labs, as listed in TNI LAMS; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Washington
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Washington’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water