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Town of Wilson Creek Water Dept

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
386 people
Connections
140
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Quincy, WA
County
Grant
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

98860

The short answer

2 results are 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

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2002 to 2023.

Nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5): Washington’s own results, samples taken from June 2, 2020 to July 29, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Arsenic, fluoride and chromium (total): EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from May 23, 2013 to May 13, 2019. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal2

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2013 to 2019

2019, one sample: 1.2 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.7 ppb, in 2013: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. In 2019, the latest year on file, its one sample was 1.2 ppb.

What handles it

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

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

1.1ppb

90th percentile, 2021 to 2023

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 1.1 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

Below EPA’s limits4

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

4.6ppm

Highest sample; found in 12 of 14

2026 average: 4.2 ppm

The highest sample, in 2025, was 4.6 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 4.2 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 4.1 ppm, in 2017.

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

6.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 6.9 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in any of its two samples. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 18.5 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

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

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.32ppm

Highest yearly average, 2013 to 2019

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.32 ppm, in 2019, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

1.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.5 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in any of its two samples. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 2.7 ppb, in 2014.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

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

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

    For: Arsenic, Lead

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

  • NSF/ANSI 58

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

    For: Arsenic, Lead

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

At the tap, or for the whole house?

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 4 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5) results here are Washington’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Arsenic, fluoride and chromium (total) come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Town of Wilson Creek Water Dept’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has newer results for those and 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 2, 2020 to July 29, 2026; EPA’s compliance samples are from May 23, 2013 to May 13, 2019.

Testing your own tap

Town of Wilson Creek Water Dept’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 Town of Wilson Creek Water Dept serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Soiltest Farm Consultants, Inc. Laboratory

    Moses Lake, WA · about 22 miles

    Certified for nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (509) 765-1622

  • AV Labs, Inc

    Othello, WA · about 44 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (509) 488-2468

  • Lincoln County Environmental Health Lab

    Davenport, WA · about 49 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (509) 215-1034

All 84 certified labs for Washington

Sources

PWSID WA5397400. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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