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Is Pasco, WA tap water safe?

14 utilities serve Pasco, 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.

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The short answer

3 of the 14 utilities serving Pasco have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records: North Slope Estates Property, Rangeview and Lakeview.

Pasco Water Department, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.9 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Pasco Water Department is moderately hard, 74 mg/L (4.3 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 Pasco’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

4 more utilities in Pasco

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

  • Rangeviewserves 122 people · based in Pasco · 2 health-based violations since 2016
  • Canyon Farm Campserves 96 people · based in Pasco · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Predator Ridgeserves 66 people · based in Pasco · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Lakeviewserves 50 people · based in Pasco · 1 health-based violation since 2016

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Pasco Water Department’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 Pasco

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 Pasco, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Matrix Sciences International Inc. dba KTL

    Pasco, WA · under a mile

    Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (509) 547-3838

  • RJ Lee Group, Inc. Columbia Basin Analytical Laboratories

    Pasco, WA · under a mile

    Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (509) 792-1951

  • Benton-Franklin Health District Lab

    Kennewick, WA · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (509) 460-4206

All 84 certified labs for Washington

ZIP codes in Pasco

Which ZIP codes are in Pasco: 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 Pasco

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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