COLLEGE PLACE WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
COLLEGE PLACE WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 8,147 people through 3,537 service connections.
How this compares nationally
COLLEGE PLACE WATER DEPT has 112 violations on record in total, 6 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,927th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 77th percentile nationally.
Against the WA average
WA's 322 covered systems average 3.7 health-based violations each; COLLEGE PLACE WATER DEPT carries 6, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
COLLEGE PLACE WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2000-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
COLLEGE PLACE WATER DEPT'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 COLLEGE PLACE WATER DEPT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is COLLEGE PLACE WATER DEPT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 6 health-based violations on file for COLLEGE PLACE WATER DEPT - 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.