OLYMPIA CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
OLYMPIA CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 126,966 people through 38,115 service connections.
OLYMPIA CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
28 total violations and 2 health-based ones put OLYMPIA CITY OF at the 53th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,087 of 12,903.
Against the WA average
Among the 322 WA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.7 health-based violations - OLYMPIA CITY OF's 2 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
OLYMPIA CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2014-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
OLYMPIA 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 OLYMPIA CITY OF's record does not cover
This is what OLYMPIA CITY OF 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. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for OLYMPIA CITY OF - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.