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Cascade Foothills

What EPA’s and Washington’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
61 people
Connections
13
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Tonasket, WA
County
Douglas
Owner
Private
Hardness
Hard
The ZIP code it serves

98843

The short answer

3 results are above the health goal. The worst: Nitrate, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Nitrate, arsenic, uranium, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), chromium (total), fluoride and haloacetic acids (HAA5): Washington’s own results, samples taken from June 11, 2020 to Feb. 2, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal3

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

11.8ppm

Highest sample; found in 8 of 8

2026, one sample: 11.8 ppm

One sample, in 2026, was above EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm, at 11.8 ppm. No follow-up sample at that point within 30 days is on file. 10 ppm is also EPA’s health goal. That was also the latest year on file, and its one sample was 11.8 ppm, above the limit. EPA recorded no violation for nitrate at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 3.5 ppm, in 2016.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

2.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.3 ppb, in 2022: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That is the only year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 3.1 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.8ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.8 ppb, in 2020: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 2.0 ppb. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits1

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

2.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.5 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 7.3 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
4 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Chromium (total)
  • Fluoride
  • Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
  • Lead

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge), Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Nitrate, Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Uranium

    For: Nitrate, Arsenic, Uranium

    Other certifiers’ wording: Nitrate; Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

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Hardness

Hard, 140 mg/L (8.2 grains per gallon), at its one sampling point, in 2022.

Hardness is calcium and magnesium. EPA sets no limit for it: it shows up as scale on fixtures and in water heaters, and as soap that won’t lather. USGS calls water above 60 mg/L moderately hard, above 120 hard and above 180 very hard.

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There is 1 monitoring or reporting violation: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Nitrate, arsenic, uranium, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), chromium (total), fluoride and haloacetic acids (HAA5) results here are Washington’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Cascade Foothills’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Washington’s results run from June 11, 2020 to Feb. 2, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Cascade Foothills’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Washington certifies.

The 3 labs Washington certifies closest to the area Cascade Foothills serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Anatek Labs, Inc - Wenatchee

    Wenatchee, WA · about 26 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (509) 701-8362

  • Okanogan County Public Health Laboratory

    Okanogan, WA · about 44 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (509) 422-7140

  • Soiltest Farm Consultants, Inc. Laboratory

    Moses Lake, WA · about 55 miles

    Certified for nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (509) 765-1622

All 84 certified labs for Washington

Sources

PWSID WA5307285. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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