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Is Benton City, WA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Benton City, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Benton City has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records.

Benton City Water, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOS at 8.7 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from Benton City Water is very hard, typically 285 mg/L (16.7 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 Benton City’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Benton City Water’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 Benton City

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

  • Energy NW Environmental (PPL) Lab

    Richland, WA · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (509) 372-5429

  • Energy Northwest Environmental Services Lab

    Richland, WA · about 10 miles

    Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (509) 377-8058

  • Benton-Franklin Health District Lab

    Kennewick, WA · about 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (509) 460-4206

All 84 certified labs for Washington

ZIP codes in Benton City

Which ZIP codes are in Benton City: 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 Benton City

Other towns in Benton County with a page of their own.

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