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Is Tumwater, WA tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Tumwater, 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

1 of the 15 utilities serving Tumwater has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records: Keanland Park 761.

City of Olympia, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 5.8 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from City of Olympia is soft, typically 52 mg/L (3 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 Tumwater’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Tumwater

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

  • Melody Pines MHP LLCserves 207 people · under 100 in Tumwater · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Riverlea 692serves 100 people · under 100 in Tumwater · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Field of Dreamsserves 247 people · under 100 in Tumwater · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Alpine Hillsserves 363 people · under 100 in Tumwater · no health-based violations since 2016
  • East Olympia 684serves 230 people · under 100 in Tumwater · 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 Olympia’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 Tumwater

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 Tumwater, 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 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (360) 967-7010

  • Thurston County Health Department Laboratory

    Olympia, WA · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (360) 867-2631

  • Lewis County Environmental Health Laboratory

    Chehalis, WA · about 25 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (360) 740-1237

All 84 certified labs for Washington

ZIP codes in Tumwater

Which ZIP codes are in Tumwater: 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 Tumwater

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