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Drinking Water Home

Whatcom County Health Department
Drinking Water Program, Environmental Health Division
Phone: (360) 676-6724
E-mail: Environmental Health

PRIMARY INORGANICS (required for a building permit)

Arsenic

Barium

Cadmium

Chromium

Lead Fact Sheet

How to Reduce Lead

Mercury

Selenium

Silver

Sodium & Chloride

Fluoride

Nitrate

Coliform Bacteria (required for building permit)

SECONDARY CONTAMINANTS (Not required for a building permit)

Iron/Manganese

Hydrogen Sulfide

Soil Fumigants

• EDB
• 1,2 DCP

Other Contaminants:

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