Is Longview Heights, WA tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Longview Heights has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records.
Longview Water Department, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.9 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Longview Water Department is moderately hard, 110 mg/L (6.4 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 Longview Heights’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Longview Water Department
Washington · serves 57,617 people · about 1,400 in Longview Heights
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.9 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 110 mg/L (6.4 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Beacon Hill Water & Sewer District
Washington · serves 11,969 people · about 240 in Longview Heights
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
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 Longview Water Department’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Water testing near Longview Heights
The 3 labs Washington certifies closest to Longview Heights, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
ALS Environmental - Kelso
Kelso, WA · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS, radioactivity
Lewis County Environmental Health Laboratory
Chehalis, WA · about 29 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Pacific County DCD WQ Laboratory
South Bend, WA · about 44 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Longview Heights
Which ZIP codes are in Longview Heights: 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 Longview Heights
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Longview Water Department’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for ArsenicRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best reverse osmosis systems, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water