Is Loon Lake, WA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 5 utilities serving Loon 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.
Stevens Co PUD - Loon Lake, 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.
The water from Stevens Co PUD - Loon Lake is moderately hard to very hard depending on the source, 78 to 185 mg/L (4.6 to 10.8 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 Loon Lake’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Stevens Co PUD - Loon Lake
Washington · serves 2,487 people · under 100 in Loon Lake
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: moderately hard to very hard depending on the source, 78 to 185 mg/L (4.6 to 10.8 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Stevens Co PUD - Deer Lake
Washington · serves 2,884 people · under 100 in Loon Lake
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 38 to 74 mg/L (2.2 to 4.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Stevens Co PUD - Valley
Washington · serves 550 people · based in Loon Lake
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.1 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Loon Lake Acres
Washington · serves 111 people · based in Loon Lake
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: very hard, 189 mg/L (11.1 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Solar Pines Water Assn
Washington · serves 36 people · based in Loon Lake
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Loon Lake
The 3 labs Washington certifies closest to Loon Lake, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Anatek Labs, Inc - Spokane
Spokane, WA · about 31 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
Tshimakain Creek Laboratories
Spokane Valley, WA · about 32 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Eurofins Spokane
Spokane Valley, WA · about 35 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
ZIP codes in Loon Lake
Which ZIP codes are in Loon 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 Loon Lake
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Stevens Co PUD - Loon Lake’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