Is Dallesport, WA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Dallesport has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records.
Dallesport Water District, 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 Dallesport Water District is moderately hard, 78 mg/L (4.6 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 Dallesport’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Dallesport Water District
Washington · serves 598 people · about 350 in Dallesport
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 78 mg/L (4.6 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Mountain View Association
Washington · serves 60 people · under 100 in Dallesport
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.7 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Murdock Water
Washington · serves 233 people · based in Dallesport
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.4 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 94 mg/L (5.5 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Dallesport Domestic Water Sharers
Washington · serves 32 people · based in Dallesport
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.2 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 97 mg/L (5.7 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Dallesport
The 3 labs Washington certifies closest to Dallesport, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Klickitat County White Salmon Lab
White Salmon, WA · about 17 miles
Certified for bacteria
Klickitat County Goldendale Lab
Goldendale, WA · about 23 miles
Certified for bacteria
Columbia Laboratories, Inc.
Portland, OR · about 65 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Which ZIP codes are in Dallesport: 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 Dallesport
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Dallesport Water District’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