Is SPANAWAY WATER COMPANY's water safe to drink?
SPANAWAY WATER COMPANY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 34,506, over 12,155 connections.
How this compares nationally
SPANAWAY WATER COMPANY has 8 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,365th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 58th percentile nationally.
How SPANAWAY WATER COMPANY compares within WA
WA's 322 covered systems average 3.7 health-based violations each; SPANAWAY WATER COMPANY carries 3, 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 SPANAWAY WATER COMPANY is from 1993-01-08 (health-based: 1993-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SPANAWAY WATER COMPANY'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 SPANAWAY WATER COMPANY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and SPANAWAY WATER COMPANY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,365th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.