Is Boulevard Park, WA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Boulevard Park has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records.
Seattle Public Utilities, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.6 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Seattle Public Utilities is soft, typically 26 mg/L (1.5 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 Boulevard Park’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Seattle Public Utilities
Washington · serves 1.2 million people · about 1,700 in Boulevard Park
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.6 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: soft, typically 26 mg/L (1.5 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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King County Water District #20
Washington · serves 48,469 people · about 1,600 in Boulevard Park
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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King County Water District #125
Washington · serves 21,904 people · about 940 in Boulevard Park
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Tukwila Water Department
Washington · serves 36,298 people · about 180 in Boulevard Park
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
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 Seattle Public Utilities’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Brita Tahoe Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB60, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Brita Everyday Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB46, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
PUR PLUS 11-Cup Pitcher (PPT111W)
Pitcher
- NSF listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Water testing near Boulevard Park
The 3 labs Washington certifies closest to Boulevard Park, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Analytical Resources, LLC
Tukwila, WA · about 2 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Friedman & Bruya, Inc.
Seattle, WA · about 2 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals
AmTest Laboratories
Renton, WA · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts
Which ZIP codes are in Boulevard Park: 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 Boulevard Park
Other towns in King County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Seattle Public Utilities’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for LeadRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for lead, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water