Valley Water District completed the initial Service Line Inventory in October of 2024.  Please see the Service Line Inventory for more information.

Lead Service Line Inventory 

The Environment Protection Agency has established new rules requiring the District to inventory all public and private water lines in all of the District systems by October of 2024.  The District needs your help complying with the new federal EPA water system requirements.

Staff has already started the process of inventorying the public watermains and lines (on the District side of the meter) but we need your help identifying the materials on all private service lines (lines from the meter to your home or business).

If your home was built before 1986, and you know what material your water service line is made of (for example, PVC, poly, galvanized steel, lead, copper, etc.), please contact our office by email or phone with the information listed below.  Email: service@valleywaterdistrict.com or call: 253-841-9698.

 Your service address

The year your home was built

The year your service line was installed or replaced

The material your service line is made of (PVC, poly, galvanized steel, lead, copper)

 The Clean Water Act banned lead in drinking water pipes in 1986, therefore homes built after 1986 are unlikely to have lead in their service lines. The District is very confident that none of the public watermains or service lines contain lead due to the age of the systems and due to our experience with repairing and maintaining the lines since 1993.  The District has never discovered any lead materials in any of the systems.

 Thank you for helping the District comply with the EPA requirement.

Valley Water District has been notified that effective January 1, 2025, the City of Bonney Lake will be implementing the Bonney Lake Municipal Code 5.04, Utility Tax (Ordinance 1556 available to review on VWD website or City of Bonney Lake Website).  This tax applies to all water service revenue collected from any customers located within Bonney Lake City Limits.

Please see the links below for the notification that Valley Water District sent to the affected customers, the letter from Bonney Lake notifying the District about the upcoming utility tax, and the Bonney Lake Ordinance implementing the utility tax.

Valley Water District Notification to Affected Customers

Letter from Bonney Lake to Valley Water District

Bonney Lake Ordinance 1556

Anyone that is concerned with or opposed to this implementation should voice their concerns with the City of Bonney Lake Council members.

If you would like additional information regarding this issue, feel free to contact the District or reach out directly to any of the City of Bonney Lake Council Members.

Valley Water District

253-841-9698

The most common source of household water leaks is the toilet

..and since the toilet is also the largest user of household water, you will save water and money by repairing a leaking toilet as soon as possible.

Follow these easy steps to test your toilet today.

1. Carefully lift the lid on the toilet tank (behind the toilet bowl) and place a few drops of food coloring in the water.
2. Do not flush the toilet for at least 15 minutes.
3. If any of the dye shows up in the bowl before flushing, you likely have a bad flapper and you are losing a significant amount of water between flushes.

To learn about the care and repair of toilets, check into an online class at Toiletology 101. Be amazed at how easy and expensive this do-it-yourself project really is.

Valley Water District has completed the update for the District's Hazard Mitigation Plan for 2020-2025 and is currently working with Pierce County Department of Emergency Management on the next Hazard Mitigation Plan update for 2025-2030.

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) describes "Hazard Mitigation as any sustainable action that reduces or eliminates long-term risk to people and property from future disasters. Mitigation planning breaks the cycle of disaster damage, reconstruction and repeated damage.

If you have any concerns or ideas of hazards that you as a customer think Valley Water District should be aware of, please feel free to send an email to: service@valleywaterdistrict.com.  

Community Preparedness Survey - this survey was provided by Pierce County Department of Emergency Management.