Is Woodway, WA tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Woodway has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records.
City of Edmonds, 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 Woodway’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Edmonds
Washington · serves 34,065 people · about 2,600 in Woodway
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Olympic View Water & Sewer District
Washington · serves 17,784 people · about 2,000 in Woodway
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.7 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, typically 110 mg/L (6.4 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Woodway
The 3 labs Washington certifies closest to Woodway, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Brooks Applied Labs, LLC
Seattle, WA · about 7 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals
IEH Analytical Laboratories
Seattle, WA · about 7 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, PFAS
Eurofins EPK Built Environment Testing, LLC
Seattle, WA · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, asbestos
ZIP codes in Woodway
Which ZIP codes are in Woodway: 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 Woodway
Other towns in Snohomish County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Edmonds’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