KETTLE FALLS WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
KETTLE FALLS 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 2,698 people through 1,330 service connections.
KETTLE FALLS WATER DEPT's record against the rest of the country
6 total violations and 1 health-based ones put KETTLE FALLS WATER DEPT at the 33th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,622 of 12,903.
How KETTLE FALLS WATER DEPT compares within WA
Among the 322 WA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.7 health-based violations - KETTLE FALLS WATER DEPT's 1 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for KETTLE FALLS WATER DEPT is from 2024-01-07 (health-based: 1995-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
KETTLE FALLS 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 this data is and is not
This is what KETTLE FALLS WATER DEPT reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 6 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.