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Is Spokane Valley, WA tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Spokane Valley, 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 15 utilities serving Spokane Valley have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records: Vera Water & Power, City of Millwood and Pinecroft Mobile Home Park.

Vera Water & Power, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the action level and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 20.8 ppb, above the action level.

The water from Vera Water & Power is moderately hard, typically 84 mg/L (4.9 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 Spokane Valley’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Spokane Valley

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

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Vera Water & Power’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 Spokane Valley

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

  • Eurofins Spokane

    Spokane Valley, WA · about 2 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (509) 924-9200

  • Tshimakain Creek Laboratories

    Spokane Valley, WA · about 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (509) 928-3577

  • Anatek Labs, Inc - Spokane

    Spokane, WA · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity

    (509) 838-3999

All 84 certified labs for Washington

ZIP codes in Spokane Valley

Which ZIP codes are in Spokane Valley: 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 Spokane Valley

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

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