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Is Ferndale, WA tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Ferndale, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

6 of the 15 utilities serving Ferndale have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records: Willeys Lake Terrace Water Assn, Rathbone Park Water Assoc, Lummi Tribal Water District and 3 more.

Ferndale, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 5.6 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Ferndale’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Ferndale

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Ferndale than those above.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Ferndale’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 Ferndale

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

  • Exact Scientific Services, Inc.

    Ferndale, WA · under a mile

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

    (360) 733-1205

  • Eurofins DW and WW West, Washington Laboratory

    Burlington, WA · about 28 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts

    (360) 757-1400

  • Freshwater Analytical Labs, LLC

    Arlington, WA · about 54 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (360) 913-7542

All 84 certified labs for Washington

ZIP codes in Ferndale

Which ZIP codes are in Ferndale: 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 Ferndale

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