Is Lake Forest Park, WA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 5 utilities serving Lake Forest Park has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records: Northshore Utility District.
North City Water District, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Washington’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
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 Lake Forest Park’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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North City Water District
Washington · serves 32,847 people · about 12,400 in Lake Forest Park
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Seattle Public Utilities
Washington · serves 1.2 million people · about 1,700 in Lake Forest Park
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.6 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: soft, typically 26 mg/L (1.5 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Northshore Utility District
Washington · serves 99,789 people · about 1,500 in Lake Forest Park
1 result above the action level. The worst: Lead at 36 ppb, above the action level.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Lake Forest Park Water District
Washington · serves 3,171 people · about 1,200 in Lake Forest Park
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.8 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: hard, 156 mg/L (9.1 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Maple Vista
Washington · serves 57 people · based in Lake Forest Park
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.7 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Lake Forest Park
The 3 labs Washington certifies closest to Lake Forest Park, 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 3 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals
IEH Analytical Laboratories
Seattle, WA · about 3 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, PFAS
Alliance Technical Group, LLC-Seattle
Seattle, WA · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, metals
ZIP codes in Lake Forest Park
Which ZIP codes are in Lake Forest Park: 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 Lake Forest Park
Other towns in King County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read North City Water District’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water