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Is Ethete, WY tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Ethete, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Wyoming’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

2 of the 2 utilities serving Ethete have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Wyoming’s records: Arapahoe Comm Water System and City of Lander.

Arapahoe Comm Water System, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.4 ppb, above the health goal. 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 Ethete’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Ethete

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 Wyoming certifies.

The lab Wyoming certifies closest to Ethete, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Sage West Healthcare - Lander (formerly Lander Regional Hospital)

    Lander, WY · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (307) 335-6246

Wyoming Public Health Laboratory: Total coliform and E. coli testing that homeowners can use for their wells. New customers fill out the lab's customer form to open an account. Water Testing, Wyoming Department of Health.

All 12 certified labs for Wyoming

ZIP codes in Ethete

Which ZIP codes are in Ethete: 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: EPA Region 8, certified drinking water laboratories in Wyoming; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

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