Is BLAINE CITY OF's water safe to drink?
BLAINE CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 6,319 people through 2,634 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BLAINE CITY OF ranks 2,317th by violation burden (82th percentile) - 95 violations total, 8 health-baseds.
Against the WA average
BLAINE CITY OF's 8 health-based violations sit above the WA average of 3.7, across 322 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
BLAINE CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2018-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 1996-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
BLAINE 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 BLAINE CITY OF's record does not cover
BLAINE CITY OF's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 8 health-based violations on file for BLAINE CITY OF - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.