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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
549 people
Connections
210
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Tacoma, WA
County
Thurston
Owner
Private
Hardness
Varies by source
The ZIP code it serves

98516

The short answer

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

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2003 to 2024.

Arsenic, nitrate, chromium (total) and fluoride: Washington’s own results, samples taken from May 4, 2020 to May 11, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal2

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

3.4ppb

90th percentile, 2022 to 2024

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 3.4 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024 average: 0.9 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.6 ppb, in 2021: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 3.7 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 0.9 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 4.0 ppb, in 2015.

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 limits2

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

2.3ppm

Highest sample; found in 16 of 19

2026, one sample: 2.3 ppm

The highest sample, in 2026, was 2.3 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That was also the latest year on file, and its one sample was 2.3 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 1.7 ppm, in 2019.

What handles it

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

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

3.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 3.4 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. Its highest single sample was 10.1 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in any of its three samples. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 3.0 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

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

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: Lead Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Lead, Arsenic

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

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Lead Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Lead, Arsenic

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

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

Filters with those claims on a certifier’s listing

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Hardness

Soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 41 to 97 mg/L (2.4 to 5.7 grains per gallon), across 3 sampling points, 2020 to 2024.

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, 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 is 1 monitoring or reporting violation: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, nitrate, chromium (total) and fluoride results here are Washington’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Foxhall’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 May 4, 2020 to May 11, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Foxhall’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 Foxhall serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Thurston County Health Department Laboratory

    Olympia, WA · about 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (360) 867-2631

  • Olympic Analytical LLC dba Vanguard Laboratory

    Olympia, WA · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (360) 967-7010

  • Water Management Laboratories, Inc.

    Tacoma, WA · about 19 miles

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

    (253) 531-3121

All 84 certified labs for Washington

Sources

PWSID WA5310991. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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