Water Management Laboratories is a family-run lab in Tacoma that says it has served Puyallup, Tacoma and Western Washington since 1976.
Tests. The lab tests drinking water for total and fecal coliform (several methods, including Colilert) and runs inorganic chemistry on drinking water. Its chemistry test list includes nitrate, arsenic, lead, hardness and other metals and minerals. The lab asks callers to phone for prices and for tests not listed.
Drop-off points. The lab publishes sample drop-off sites with weekly courier pickup times. The host businesses are not affiliated with the lab and act as drop-off points as a community service. Samples must be in by the listed time:
- Tuesdays: Enumclaw City Shops; Northwest Water Systems, Port Orchard; Purified Water to Go, Aberdeen; Arcadia Drilling, Shelton; American Pump & Electric, Olympia.
- Wednesdays: Port Orchard and Olympia.
- Thursdays: Port Orchard; Skyline Pump & Machine and Moerke & Sons Pump & Drilling, Chehalis; Rochester Water Association; Shelton; Olympia.
Payment must be included with the sample unless you have an account.
Accreditation. Ecology accreditation C546 (current certificate C546-26). Ecology’s drinking water scope includes coliform and E. coli, nitrate and metals including arsenic and lead. The Department of Health lists the lab for nitrate and coliform testing of private wells.