EVERETT PUBLIC WORKS DEPT. CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
EVERETT PUBLIC WORKS DEPT. CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 215,774 people get their water from it, across 29,254 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, EVERETT PUBLIC WORKS DEPT. CITY OF ranks 8,792th by violation burden (32th percentile) - 4 violations total, 1 health-based.
How EVERETT PUBLIC WORKS DEPT. CITY OF compares within WA
WA's 322 covered systems average 3.7 health-based violations each; EVERETT PUBLIC WORKS DEPT. CITY OF carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for EVERETT PUBLIC WORKS DEPT. CITY OF is from 2021-01-07 (health-based: 2007-01-03). Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
EVERETT PUBLIC WORKS DEPT. 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: Surface Water Treatment 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 EVERETT PUBLIC WORKS DEPT. CITY OF'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 EVERETT PUBLIC WORKS DEPT. CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,792th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.