Is HOQUIAM WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
HOQUIAM WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 11,456 people through 3,879 service connections.
How this compares nationally
HOQUIAM WATER DEPARTMENT has 10 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,217th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 36th percentile nationally.
Against the WA average
WA's 322 covered systems average 3.7 health-based violations each; HOQUIAM WATER DEPARTMENT carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
HOQUIAM WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 1994-01-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 1994-01-12. Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
HOQUIAM WATER DEPARTMENT'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 HOQUIAM WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
HOQUIAM WATER DEPARTMENT'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 HOQUIAM WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,217th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.