Is CHENOWITH PUD's water safe to drink?
CHENOWITH PUD had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 4,500, over 1,501 connections.
CHENOWITH PUD's record against the rest of the country
112 total violations and 8 health-based ones put CHENOWITH PUD at the 82th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,306 of 12,903.
How CHENOWITH PUD compares within OR
Among the 160 OR systems in this dataset, the average is 6.0 health-based violations - CHENOWITH PUD's 8 is above 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 CHENOWITH PUD is from 2022-01-07 (health-based: 2022-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CHENOWITH PUD'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); Revised Total Coliform Rule
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
Everything on this page is CHENOWITH PUD's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and CHENOWITH PUD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,306th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.