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Is Key Center, WA tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Key Center, 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

1 of the 15 utilities serving Key Center has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records: Lake of the Woods Community Club.

Minterbrook, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 4.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Minterbrook is soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 37 to 100 mg/L (2.2 to 5.8 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 Key Center’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Key Center

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

  • Rocky Bayserves 34 people · nearly all in Key Center · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Minter Beach Estatesserves 116 people · under 100 in Key Center · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Jackson Lake Southserves 225 people · under 100 in Key Center · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Driftwood Point Water Systemserves 143 people · under 100 in Key Center · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Key Ridge Water Systemserves 63 people · under 100 in Key Center · no health-based violations since 2016

What handles it

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

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

  • Thurston County Health Department Laboratory

    Olympia, WA · about 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (360) 867-2631

  • Water Management Laboratories, Inc.

    Tacoma, WA · about 18 miles

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

    (253) 531-3121

  • Olympic Analytical LLC dba Vanguard Laboratory

    Olympia, WA · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (360) 967-7010

All 84 certified labs for Washington

ZIP codes in Key Center

Which ZIP codes are in Key Center: 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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