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Is Kenmore, WA tap water safe?

Northshore Utility District serves Kenmore, 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

Northshore Utility District serves Kenmore. In EPA’s and Washington’s records it has 1 result above the action level, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Lead at 36 ppb, above the action level.

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 Northshore Utility District’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Kenmore

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

  • Brooks Applied Labs, LLC

    Seattle, WA · about 4 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, metals

    (206) 753-6119

  • IEH Analytical Laboratories

    Seattle, WA · about 4 miles

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

    (206) 632-2715

  • Alliance Technical Group, LLC-Seattle

    Seattle, WA · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, metals

    (206) 352-3790

All 84 certified labs for Washington

ZIP codes in Kenmore

Which ZIP codes are in Kenmore: 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 Kenmore

Other towns in King County with a page of their own.

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