What's in FIFE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS's water?
FIFE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 29,091 people through 4,904 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
12 total violations and 4 health-based ones put FIFE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS at the 66th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,332 of 12,903.
Against the WA average
WA's 322 covered systems average 3.7 health-based violations each; FIFE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS carries 4, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
FIFE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 1996-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
FIFE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS'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 FIFE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS's record does not cover
FIFE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS'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 FIFE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,332th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.