Is Silver Firs, WA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 6 utilities serving Silver Firs has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records: Alderwood Water District.
Silver Lake 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 Silver Firs’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Silver Lake Water & Sewer District
Washington · serves 65,033 people · about 5,200 in Silver Firs
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Alderwood Water District
Washington · serves 245,715 people · about 5,000 in Silver Firs
1 result above the action level. The worst: Lead at 28 ppb, above the action level.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Everett Public Works Dept.
Washington · serves 215,774 people · about 2,100 in Silver Firs
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.5 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: soft, 12 mg/L (0.7 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cross Valley Water District
Washington · serves 24,695 people · about 2,100 in Silver Firs
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 4.7 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Mukilteo Water & Wastewater Distr
Washington · serves 31,437 people · under 100 in Silver Firs
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Aqua Copia/Horse Country Estates
Washington · serves 250 people · under 100 in Silver Firs
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 8.1 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 119 mg/L (7 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Silver Firs
The 3 labs Washington certifies closest to Silver Firs, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Everett Environmental Laboratory
Everett, WA · about 9 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Precision Analytical Laboratories, LLC
Everett, WA · about 10 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Brooks Applied Labs, LLC
Seattle, WA · about 12 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals
Which ZIP codes are in Silver Firs: 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 Silver Firs
Other towns in Snohomish County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Silver Lake 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