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Is Lacey, WA tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Lacey, 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 Lacey has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records: Prairie Ridge 605.

Lacey Water Department, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 6.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Lacey Water Department is soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 32 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 Lacey’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Lacey

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

  • Tolmie Park 239serves 195 people · under 100 in Lacey · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Giffords 685serves 90 people · under 100 in Lacey · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Covington 212serves 40 people · under 100 in Lacey · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Coppermill 520serves 62 people · under 100 in Lacey · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Countrywood Estates 680serves 488 people · under 100 in Lacey · 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 Lacey Water Department’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 Lacey

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 Lacey, 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 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (360) 867-2631

  • Olympic Analytical LLC dba Vanguard Laboratory

    Olympia, WA · about 12 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (360) 967-7010

  • Water Management Laboratories, Inc.

    Tacoma, WA · about 21 miles

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

    (253) 531-3121

All 84 certified labs for Washington

ZIP codes in Lacey

Which ZIP codes are in Lacey: 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 Lacey

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