Is BATTLE GROUND WATER DEPT CITY OF's water safe to drink?
BATTLE GROUND WATER DEPT CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 30,237, over 7,821 connections.
How this compares nationally
180 total violations and 6 health-based ones put BATTLE GROUND WATER DEPT CITY OF at the 77th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,908 of 12,903.
How BATTLE GROUND WATER DEPT CITY OF compares within WA
Among the 322 WA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.7 health-based violations - BATTLE GROUND WATER DEPT CITY OF's 6 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BATTLE GROUND WATER DEPT CITY OF is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 1997-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BATTLE GROUND WATER DEPT CITY OF's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what BATTLE GROUND WATER DEPT CITY OF reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 180 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.