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Is Fern Prairie, WA tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Fern Prairie, 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

None of the 4 utilities serving Fern Prairie has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records.

Camas Municipal Water Sewer System, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 12 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from Camas Municipal Water Sewer System is soft, typically 47 mg/L (2.7 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 Fern Prairie’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 Camas Municipal Water Sewer System’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 Fern Prairie

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

  • Columbia Laboratories, Inc.

    Portland, OR · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (503) 254-1794

  • BSK Associates - Vancouver

    Vancouver, WA · about 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (360) 750-0055

  • Rose City Laboratories, LLC

    Portland, OR · about 17 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (503) 307-0096

All 84 certified labs for Washington

ZIP codes in Fern Prairie

Which ZIP codes are in Fern Prairie: 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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