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Is Shelton, WA tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Shelton, 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

2 of the 15 utilities serving Shelton have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records: Hartstene Pointe and Shadowood.

City of Shelton, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.8 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from City of Shelton is moderately hard, 62 mg/L (3.6 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 Shelton’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Shelton

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

  • Island Lake Manorserves 233 people · under 100 in Shelton · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Rainbow Lakeserves 168 people · under 100 in Shelton · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Harstene Retreatserves 88 people · under 100 in Shelton · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Evergreen Mobile Homeowners Co - Opserves 140 people · under 100 in Shelton · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Minerva Terraceserves 85 people · under 100 in Shelton · 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 Shelton’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 Shelton

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

  • Olympic Analytical LLC dba Vanguard Laboratory

    Olympia, WA · about 12 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (360) 967-7010

  • Thurston County Health Department Laboratory

    Olympia, WA · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (360) 867-2631

  • Grays Harbor County Water Testing Lab

    Montesano, WA · about 22 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (360) 249-4413

All 84 certified labs for Washington

ZIP codes in Shelton

Which ZIP codes are in Shelton: 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 Shelton

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