Pipes just south of the Hewitt Trestle bring water into Everett.
Everett Public Works today announced that testing this week of five Everett homes confirms the city’s water is safe to drink.
The results announced today are well below the EPA action level of 15 parts per billion for lead. Of the 51 one-liter samples taken, 50 had no lead and one measured one part per billion.
“These results match our earlier findings and should give Everett citizens additional confidence in their drinking water,” said Dave Davis, Everett public works director.
Everett decided to perform additional testing after Tacoma Water detected high levels of lead in water samples from several homes, including some with lead goosenecks and one with a galvanized steel service line. The Everett homes tested this week have galvanized steel service lines, not lead goosenecks. Earlier this year, Public Works completed the removal of all known goosenecks in Everett.
Past routine water quality tests indicated there is virtually no lead in Everett’s drinking water, and the additional testing this week verified those findings. No further testing is planned at this time.
The Everett water system supplies water to about 570,000 people, or 80 percent of Snohomish County businesses and residents, through a network of local water providers. For more information on the Everett water system, visitwww.everettwa.gov/water.
Lead in drinking water
To learn more about lead in drinking water, testing methods and steps you can take to minimize exposure to lead, go the Washington State Department of Health website atwww.doh.wa.gov/CommunityandEnvironment/DrinkingWater/Contaminants/Lead.
April 30, 2016
Everett, Everett Government