Is Toppenish, WA tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Toppenish has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records.
Toppenish Water Department, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 22.6 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
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 Toppenish’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Toppenish Water Department
Washington · serves 13,382 people · under 100 in Toppenish
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 22.6 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Yakima Golding Farms 1
Washington · serves 90 people · based in Toppenish
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.55 ppb, above the health goal.
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 Toppenish Water Department’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Water testing near Toppenish
The 3 labs Washington certifies closest to Toppenish, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Anatek Labs, Inc. - Yakima
Yakima, WA · about 29 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
LabTest
Yakima, WA · about 29 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Ag Health Laboratories, Inc.
Sunnyside, WA · about 35 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
ZIP codes in Toppenish
Which ZIP codes are in Toppenish: 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 Toppenish
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Toppenish Water Department’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water