Is Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 5 utilities serving Maple Heights-Lake Desire has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records.
Soos Creek Water & Sewer 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 Maple Heights-Lake Desire’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Soos Creek Water & Sewer District
Washington · serves 74,172 people · about 4,700 in Maple Heights-Lake Desire
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cedar River Water & Sewer District
Washington · serves 28,671 people · about 3,800 in Maple Heights-Lake Desire
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 3.4 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Renton
Washington · serves 108,091 people · about 830 in Maple Heights-Lake Desire
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.9 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: soft to hard depending on the source, 48 to 125 mg/L (2.8 to 7.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Valley View Mobile Park LLC
Washington · serves 126 people · under 100 in Maple Heights-Lake Desire
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.7 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Maplewood Addition Water Coop
Washington · serves 435 people · under 100 in Maple Heights-Lake Desire
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Maple Heights-Lake Desire
The 3 labs Washington certifies closest to Maple Heights-Lake Desire, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
AmTest Laboratories
Renton, WA · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts
Aqua Test, Incorporated
Maple Valley, WA · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Analytical Resources, LLC
Tukwila, WA · about 9 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
ZIP codes in Maple Heights-Lake Desire
Which ZIP codes are in Maple Heights-Lake Desire: 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 Maple Heights-Lake Desire
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What to do next
- Read Soos Creek Water & Sewer 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