SOUTHWOOD: EPA violation history, explained
SOUTHWOOD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 64,155, over 16,534 connections.
SOUTHWOOD's record against the rest of the country
SOUTHWOOD has 166 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,704th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 56th percentile nationally.
How SOUTHWOOD compares within WA
WA's 322 covered systems average 3.7 health-based violations each; SOUTHWOOD carries 2, 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 SOUTHWOOD is from 2022-01-01 (health-based: 2003-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SOUTHWOOD'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
Everything on this page is SOUTHWOOD's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 166 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.