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Is Port Townsend, WA tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Port Townsend, 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

None of the 4 utilities serving Port Townsend has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records.

City of Port Townsend, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from City of Port Townsend is soft, typically 45 mg/L (2.7 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 Port Townsend’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Port Townsend’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 Port Townsend

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

  • Spectra Laboratories - Kitsap, LLC

    Poulsbo, WA · about 23 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (360) 779-5141

  • Clallam County Environmental Laboratory

    Port Angeles, WA · about 26 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (360) 417-2334

  • Precision Analytical Laboratories, LLC

    Everett, WA · about 29 miles

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

    (425) 740-4597

All 84 certified labs for Washington

ZIP codes in Port Townsend

Which ZIP codes are in Port Townsend: 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 Port Townsend

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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