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Is Fairchild AFB, WA tap water safe?

Fairchild Air Force Base serves Fairchild AFB, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Washington’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Fairchild Air Force Base serves Fairchild AFB. In EPA’s and Washington’s records it has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: PFOS at 7.9 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Fairchild Air Force Base’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Fairchild AFB

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

  • Anatek Labs, Inc - Spokane

    Spokane, WA · about 13 miles

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

    (509) 838-3999

  • Tshimakain Creek Laboratories

    Spokane Valley, WA · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (509) 928-3577

  • Eurofins Spokane

    Spokane Valley, WA · about 18 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (509) 924-9200

All 84 certified labs for Washington

ZIP codes in Fairchild AFB

Which ZIP codes are in Fairchild AFB: 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.

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