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Is Kitsap Lake, WA tap water safe?

5 utilities serve Kitsap Lake, 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

1 of the 5 utilities serving Kitsap Lake has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records: Jackson Park Naval Hospital.

City of Bremerton, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 5.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from City of Bremerton is soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 33 to 120 mg/L (1.9 to 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 Kitsap Lake’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 City of Bremerton’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 Kitsap Lake

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

  • Spectra Laboratories - Kitsap, LLC

    Poulsbo, WA · about 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (360) 779-5141

  • Eurofins EPK Built Environment Testing, LLC

    Seattle, WA · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria, asbestos

    (206) 781-0155

  • MCL Food Testing

    Seattle, WA · about 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (206) 633-3637

All 84 certified labs for Washington

ZIP codes in Kitsap Lake

Which ZIP codes are in Kitsap Lake: 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 Kitsap Lake

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

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