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Is Lookingglass, OR tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Lookingglass, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 3 utilities serving Lookingglass has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Umpqua Basin Water Assoc.

City of Roseburg, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and CDC’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

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 Lookingglass’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Lookingglass

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Oregon certifies.

The 3 labs Oregon certifies closest to Lookingglass, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Umpqua Research Company

    Myrtle Creek, OR · about 17 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals

    (541) 863-5201

  • McCowan Clinical Laboratory Inc.

    Coos Bay, OR · about 34 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (541) 267-7853

  • Grants Pass Water Laboratory, Inc./The Water Lab

    Grants Pass, OR · about 48 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (541) 476-0733

Oregon State University Extension Well Water Program: Nitrate screening of well water at many of its groundwater education events. The screening is free. Water Testing Guidance for Private Wells, OSU Well Water Program.

All 91 certified labs for Oregon

ZIP codes in Lookingglass

Which ZIP codes are in Lookingglass: 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: Oregon Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, drinking water labs, as listed in TNI LAMS; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

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