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Is Colfax, WA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Colfax, 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

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

City of Colfax Water Department, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 19.4 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from City of Colfax Water Department is hard, 146 mg/L (8.5 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 Colfax’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 City of Colfax Water Department’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 Colfax

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

  • Anatek Labs, Inc - Moscow

    Moscow, ID · about 24 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS, radioactivity

    (208) 883-2839

  • Eurofins Spokane

    Spokane Valley, WA · about 55 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (509) 924-9200

  • Anatek Labs, Inc - Spokane

    Spokane, WA · about 57 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity

    (509) 838-3999

All 84 certified labs for Washington

ZIP codes in Colfax

Which ZIP codes are in Colfax: 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 Colfax

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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