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A recent Environmental Protection Agency ruling requires that every Public Water System conduct an inventory of all public and private water lines by October of 2024 to determine if there are any lead service lines. Valley Water District is in compliance with that rule and has submitted the findings that we have available with no lead found in any of our systems. The District is VERY CONFIDENT that there is no lead in any of our systems based on the knowledge, experience and history of our current staff over the last 20+ years. There has been no lead found or suspected in any of the water systems we have repaired or maintained. Unfortunately, because all of the systems were either purchased or donated to the District, there are not accurate drawings or information of all of the materials installed in each system. Therefore, until we have the time and resources available to identify all of the service lines, the District has to list them as “Unknown, likely not lead”.
Because there are materials in the ground that technically are not known, the District is required by law to send a notification to all customers who are being served that the material is unknown. This includes private service lines for homes that were built prior to 1986 (lead was banned in all water lines at the federal level in 1986, so any homes built after that do not have lead in their service lines).
Service Line Inventory Customer Notification on November 5 2024
Initial Service Line Inventory by System
Please see below for each individual system Service Line Inventory that was completed in October 2024. This is a work in progress and Valley Water District will be updating the District side of the inventory as we identify the Unknown service lines.
Alderwood Estates Water System Service Line Inventory
The Buttes Water System Service Line Inventory
Chinook Estates Water System Service Line Inventory
Country/Eldorado Water System Service Line Inventory
Sierra Water System Service Line Inventory
Valley Water System Service Line Inventory
View Royal Water System Service Line Inventory
Winchester Water System Service Line Inventory
January 30, 2025View Royal - City of Bonney Lake Utility Tax
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
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