Is CHELAN CO PUD 1's water safe to drink?
CHELAN CO PUD 1 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 16,190, over 6,980 connections.
How this compares nationally
CHELAN CO PUD 1 has 18 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,877th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 39th percentile nationally.
How CHELAN CO PUD 1 compares within WA
Among the 322 WA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.7 health-based violations - CHELAN CO PUD 1's 1 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CHELAN CO PUD 1 is from 2022-01-07 (health-based: 1998-01-05). Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CHELAN CO PUD 1'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
CHELAN CO PUD 1'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. Between the utility's meter and CHELAN CO PUD 1's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,877th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.