What's in NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY's water?
NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,219 people through 1,080 service connections.
NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY's record against the rest of the country
13 total violations and 5 health-based ones put NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY at the 71th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,688 of 12,903.
How NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY compares within TX
TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY carries 5, not more than typical for the state. 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 NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY is from 2010-01-09 (health-based: 2008-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY'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)
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
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 NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY 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 13 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.