Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you are welcome to join our regular open Board meetings in person or via Zoom. These meetings are held at 2:00 pm on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month, at our headquarters building (6801 132nd Place SE in Newcastle).
If a regular meeting falls on a legal holiday, it will be held on the next business day at the same time. Agendas can be found on our website under the 'Agenda' tab at www.ccud.org
To attend by phone, call (253) 215-8782, using Meeting ID: 210 020 5821, and Passcode: 6801. Those attending by phone will be able to hear everyone who speaks.
Should you wish to make a comment during a meeting, please contact us in advance—before 10:00 am on the day of the meeting at the very latest—by email at: customerservice@ccud.org or by phone at (425) 235-9200.
Yes. Water quality testing results indicate the concentration of fluoride in our water averages 0.7 parts per million (ppm), ranging from 0.5 to 0.8 ppm. The EPA’s maximum allowable limit is 4.0 ppm.
Your drinking water remains safe and protected from PFAS.
PFAS – short for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances – are a large group of man-made/synthetic chemicals that do not break down naturally.
PFAS began appearing in everyday products in the 1950s—from non-stick cookware and stain-resistant carpets, to firefighting foam—and have been building up in our environment ever since. Today PFAS are found in the bloodstreams of people and animals, in a variety of food products, and in the environment.
In 2021, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) enacted legislation that requires Washington's more than 2,430 public water systems to test for PFAS in drinking water by December 2025.
In 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final federal rule to regulate six PFAS in drinking water.
Even though PFAS were not previously regulated, Seattle Public Utilities/SPU (our source of water) tested for PFAS in 2015, 2018, and again in June, July, October, and December 2023. All samples continued to show no detections for 29 PFAS compounds.
In January 2024, Coal Creek Utility District began quarterly testing at the point where SPU's source water enters our distribution system, and like SPU, there have been no PFAS detections in our system.
To learn more about PFAS testing and drinking water regulations, as well as the measures that Washington state is taking to restrict PFAS in products, visit the DOH website:
https://doh.wa.gov/community-and-environment/contaminants/pfas
You can also learn more about PFAS from the EPA's website:
In 2023, mandates from the Environmental Protection Agency and Washington State Department of Health tasked all public drinking water systems (including Coal Creek Utility District) with developing an inventory of all water service lines within their service areas— including both utility-owned and customer-owned sides of the meter—in order to identify and remove lead risks.
Much of CCUD's service area was constructed after regulations banned the installation of lead pipes, solder, and fittings, however investigation was still needed on older service lines. Using our Geographical Information System (GIS), we compiled a complete inventory of all services, investigated those with unknown materials, and submitted our report to the EPA and Department of Health in October 2024.
We are pleased to report that Coal Creek Utility District found no lead service lines in any of our investigations.
Coal Creek Utility District purchases the water we provide from Seattle Public Utilities (SPU), which sources its water primarily from the publicly-owned Cedar River watershed, and on rare occasions the Tolt River watershed.
The source of this water comes from rain and melted snow in forested and protected mountain watersheds, resulting in one of the purest water supplies in the nation. These watersheds are vigorously protected by SPU through a comprehensive program that prohibits agricultural, industrial, and recreational activities in the watersheds, and no one is allowed to live within the watersheds.