Is Waller, WA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 7 utilities serving Waller has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records.
Summit Water & Supply Co, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.3 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Summit Water & Supply Co is moderately hard to hard depending on the source, 64 to 124 mg/L (3.7 to 7.3 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 Waller’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Summit Water & Supply Co
Washington · serves 19,125 people · about 6,200 in Waller
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.3 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard to hard depending on the source, 64 to 124 mg/L (3.7 to 7.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Puyallup
Washington · serves 94,520 people · about 2,300 in Waller
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 6.4 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 48 to 106 mg/L (2.8 to 6.2 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Tacoma Water Division
Washington · serves 446,245 people · about 2,200 in Waller
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.56 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: soft to very hard depending on the source, 12 to 197 mg/L (0.7 to 11.5 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Mountain View - Edgewood Water Co
Washington · serves 9,680 people · about 450 in Waller
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 4.0 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, typically 102 mg/L (6 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Fruitland Mutual Water Company
Washington · serves 15,313 people · about 250 in Waller
3 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 4.0 ppt, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, typically 103 mg/L (6 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Milton
Washington · serves 8,078 people · about 170 in Waller
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 7.4 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: hard, typically 135 mg/L (7.9 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Valleybrook Village
Washington · serves 65 people · nearly all in Waller
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.0 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 Summit Water & Supply Co’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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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: Lead, 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: Lead, Arsenic
Water testing near Waller
The 3 labs Washington certifies closest to Waller, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Water Management Laboratories, Inc.
Tacoma, WA · about 2 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
AmTest Laboratories
Renton, WA · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts
Analytical Resources, LLC
Tukwila, WA · about 20 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Which ZIP codes are in Waller: 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 Waller
Other towns in Pierce County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Summit Water & Supply Co’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for LeadRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for lead, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water