What's in EAST WASHINGTON RURAL WATER's water?
EAST WASHINGTON RURAL WATER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 8,613 people get their water from it, across 3,445 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
EAST WASHINGTON RURAL WATER has 29 violations on record in total, 18 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,021th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 92th percentile nationally.
How EAST WASHINGTON RURAL WATER compares within IN
EAST WASHINGTON RURAL WATER's 18 health-based violations sit above the IN average of 2.9, across 283 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for EAST WASHINGTON RURAL WATER is from 2021-01-07 (health-based: 2021-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
EAST WASHINGTON RURAL WATER'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 EAST WASHINGTON RURAL WATER'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 EAST WASHINGTON RURAL WATER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,021th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.