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City of Entiat

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
1,730 people
Connections
813
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Entiat, WA
County
Chelan
Owner
Local government
Hardness
Very hard
The ZIP code it serves

98822

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Arsenic, nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride and chromium (total): Washington’s own results, samples taken from Dec. 2, 2020 to Aug. 18, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal1

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

0.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.5 ppb, in 2020: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

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

Below EPA’s limits5

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

3.3ppm

Highest sample; found in 8 of 8

2026, one sample: 0.61 ppm

The highest sample, in 2023, was 3.3 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.61 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.86 ppm, in 2018.

What handles it

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

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

9.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 3.9 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 9.1 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 3.9 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 19.7 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

3.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 3.3 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2026, 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 6.0 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.14ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.14 ppm, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That is the only year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.12 ppm, in 2012.

What handles it

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

1.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.7 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • 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

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

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

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

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

At the tap, or for the whole house?

These come with the water itself, so a whole-house system certified for the same claims treats every tap and shower. A filter at the tap treats drinking water for much less. How whole-house systems compare.

Filters with those claims on a certifier’s listing

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Hardness

Very hard, 185 mg/L (10.8 grains per gallon), at its one sampling point, in 2020.

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.

Softeners compared at 10.8 grains per gallon, salt includedSoftener or salt-free conditioner?Washington water hardness, utility by utility

Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 24 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride and chromium (total) results here are Washington’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. City of Entiat’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 Dec. 2, 2020 to Aug. 18, 2026.

Testing your own tap

City of Entiat’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 City of Entiat 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 41 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (509) 701-8362

  • Okanogan County Public Health Laboratory

    Okanogan, WA · about 53 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (509) 422-7140

  • Freshwater Analytical Labs, LLC

    Arlington, WA · about 64 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (360) 913-7542

All 84 certified labs for Washington

Sources

PWSID WA5323500. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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