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Warden Hutterian Brethren 1

What EPA’s and Washington’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
171 people
Connections
44
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Warden, WA
County
Adams
Owner
Private
Hardness
Soft

The short answer

Nothing in EPA’s and Washington’s records for this utility is above a health goal. That covers nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, plus lead and copper, not everything. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What was found

Nitrate, fluoride, arsenic and chromium (total): Washington’s own results, samples taken from March 9, 2020 to Sept. 9, 2025, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Below EPA’s limits2

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

10ppm

Highest sample; found in 11 of 14

2025, one sample: 0.22 ppm

The highest sample, in 2021, was 10 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2025, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.22 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 9.0 ppm, in 2017.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

1.0ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.0 ppm, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That is the only year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.0 ppm, in 2012.

What handles it

3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)
  • Lead

Hardness

Soft, 58 mg/L (3.4 grains per gallon), at its one sampling point, in 2021.

Hardness is calcium and magnesium. EPA sets no limit for it: it shows up as scale on fixtures and in water heaters, and as soap that won’t lather. USGS calls water above 60 mg/L moderately hard, above 120 hard and above 180 very hard.

Softeners compared at 3.4 grains per gallon, salt includedSoftener or salt-free conditioner?Washington water hardness, utility by utility

Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 2 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Nitrate, fluoride, arsenic and chromium (total) results here are Washington’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Warden Hutterian Brethren 1’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Washington’s results run from March 9, 2020 to Sept. 9, 2025.

Testing your own tap

Warden Hutterian Brethren 1’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Washington certifies.

No lab Washington certifies is within 75 miles of the area Warden Hutterian Brethren 1 serves on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

All 84 certified labs for Washington

Sources

PWSID WA5392829. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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