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Is Olympia, WA tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Olympia, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

4 of the 15 utilities serving Olympia have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records: Boston Harbor, Keanland Park 761, Tamoshan and 1 more.

City of Olympia, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 5.8 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from City of Olympia is soft, typically 52 mg/L (3 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 Olympia’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Olympia

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

  • River Parkserves 277 people · under 100 in Olympia · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Tamoshanserves 260 people · under 100 in Olympia · 10 health-based violations since 2016
  • Woodard Placeserves 94 people · under 100 in Olympia · no health-based violations since 2016
  • North Offut Lake WTR Serviceserves 97 people · under 100 in Olympia · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Salt Aire Mobile Terraceserves 23 people · under 100 in Olympia · 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 City of Olympia’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 Olympia

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 Olympia, 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 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (360) 867-2631

  • Olympic Analytical LLC dba Vanguard Laboratory

    Olympia, WA · about 5 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (360) 967-7010

  • Water Management Laboratories, Inc.

    Tacoma, WA · about 26 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 Olympia

Which ZIP codes are in Olympia: 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 Olympia

Other towns in Thurston County with a page of their own.

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