Water Utility

City of Yakima Water Division

Location Yakima, Washington,
WA
Serves 110,598
Source Surface water
PWS ID WA5399150

Overview

Contaminants Detected

Arsenic

Potential Effect: Over Legal Limit
This Utility: 0.115 ppb Legal Limit: 10 ppb
29x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.004 ppb
This Utility: 0.0835 ppb No Legal Limit
4.2x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.02 ppb

Bromodichloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 2.18 ppb No Legal Limit
36x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb

Chloroform

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 29.3 ppb No Legal Limit
73x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.4 ppb

Chromium (hexavalent)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.979 ppb No Legal Limit
49x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.02 ppb

Dibromochloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.243 ppb No Legal Limit
2.4x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb
This Utility: 7.69 ppb No Legal Limit
38x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.2 ppb

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 27.3 ppb Legal Limit: 60 ppb
273x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb

Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 25.5 ppb No Legal Limit
426x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 30.1 ppb Legal Limit: 80 ppb
201x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.15 ppb

Trichloroacetic acid

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 13.2 ppb No Legal Limit
132x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb
This Utility: 4.15 ppb Legal Limit: 2000 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
700 ppb
This Utility: 50.9 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
210 ppb
This Utility: 0.79 ppb Legal Limit: 100 ppb
This Utility: 0.621 ppm Legal Limit: 4 ppm
This Utility: 4.4 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
100 ppb
This Utility: 0.367 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
40 ppb
This Utility: 0.0204 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
53 ppb

Nitrate

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.262 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppm
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppm
This Utility: 0.251 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppm
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppm
This Utility: 0.0493 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
1500 ppb
This Utility: 0.115 ppb Legal Limit: 2 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb
This Utility: 11.3 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
21 ppb

Find a Filter

See which water filtration technologies are effective at reducing the contaminants detected in this utility's water supply.

Carbon Filters
Filters 9 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+1 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Lower upfront cost
  • Reduced maintenance
Cons
  • Does not remove all contaminants
Reverse Osmosis
Filters 11 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+9 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Most effective
Cons
  • Higher upfront cost
  • Requires more maintenance
  • Wastes water
Other Considerations
Ion Exchange
PROS: Softens hard water, Reduces some contaminants
CONS: Doesn't remove all contaminants
Whole-House Filters
PROS: Useful for reducing radiologicals and TCE
CONS: Expensive to install and maintain, Risk of bacterial contamination

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Contaminant Activated Carbon Reverse Osmosis Ion Exchange
Contaminants Above Health Guidelines
Arsenic
Bromochloroacetic acid
Bromodichloromethane
Chloroform
Chromium (hexavalent)*
Dibromochloromethane
Dichloroacetic acid
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Trichloroacetic acid
Other Contaminants Detected
Barium
Chlorate*
Chromium (total)
Fluoride
Manganese
Molybdenum
Monochloroacetic acid
Nitrate
Nitrate and nitrite
Strontium*
Thallium
Vanadium*

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