Is STANWOOD WATER DEPT CITY OF's water safe to drink?
STANWOOD WATER DEPT CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 17,586 people get their water from it, across 4,061 connections.
How this compares nationally
54 total violations and 8 health-based ones put STANWOOD WATER DEPT CITY OF at the 82th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,342 of 12,903.
Against the WA average
Among the 322 WA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.7 health-based violations - STANWOOD WATER DEPT CITY OF's 8 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
STANWOOD WATER DEPT CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2014-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2006-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
STANWOOD WATER DEPT 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: 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 STANWOOD WATER DEPT CITY OF's record does not cover
STANWOOD WATER DEPT CITY OF's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 8 health-based violations on file for STANWOOD WATER DEPT 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.