Is Bow, WA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Bow has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records.
Skagit County PUD 1 Judy Res, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Washington’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
The water from Skagit County PUD 1 Judy Res is soft, 22 mg/L (1.3 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 Bow’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Skagit County PUD 1 Judy Res
Washington · serves 111,415 people · under 100 in Bow
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: soft, 22 mg/L (1.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Blanchard Edison Water Assn. Inc.
Washington · serves 1,480 people · under 100 in Bow
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 3.8 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Samish Farms Water Assn
Washington · serves 1,017 people · under 100 in Bow
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 5.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Bow
The 3 labs Washington certifies closest to Bow, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins DW and WW West, Washington Laboratory
Burlington, WA · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts
Exact Scientific Services, Inc.
Ferndale, WA · about 23 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Freshwater Analytical Labs, LLC
Arlington, WA · about 32 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Bow
Which ZIP codes are in Bow: 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 Bow
Other towns in Skagit County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Skagit County PUD 1 Judy Res’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water