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Is Bainbridge Island, WA tap water safe?

13 utilities serve Bainbridge Island, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Washington’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

1 of the 13 utilities serving Bainbridge Island has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records: Meadowmeer.

City of Bainbridge Island, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 4.3 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from City of Bainbridge Island is soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 27 to 63 mg/L (1.6 to 3.7 grains per gallon). How Washington’s water compares.

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 Bainbridge Island’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

3 more utilities in Bainbridge Island

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Bainbridge Island than those above.

  • Harbor Crestserves 53 people · nearly all in Bainbridge Island · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Rose Avenue Water Associationserves 53 people · nearly all in Bainbridge Island · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Ravens Reachserves 47 people · nearly all in Bainbridge Island · no health-based violations since 2016

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Bainbridge Island’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Bainbridge Island

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 Washington certifies.

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

  • Eurofins EPK Built Environment Testing, LLC

    Seattle, WA · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria, asbestos

    (206) 781-0155

  • Spectra Laboratories - Kitsap, LLC

    Poulsbo, WA · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (360) 779-5141

  • MCL Food Testing

    Seattle, WA · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (206) 633-3637

All 84 certified labs for Washington

ZIP codes in Bainbridge Island

Which ZIP codes are in Bainbridge Island: 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: Washington State Department of Ecology, Lab Accreditation Program, environmental laboratories accredited for drinking water analyses; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Bainbridge Island

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