Is WEST KITSAP's water safe to drink?
WEST KITSAP has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,248 people through 699 service connections.
How this compares nationally
WEST KITSAP has 198 violations on record in total, 10 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,869th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 86th percentile nationally.
How WEST KITSAP compares within WA
WA's 322 covered systems average 3.7 health-based violations each; WEST KITSAP carries 10, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for WEST KITSAP is from 2024-01-07 (health-based: 1999-01-05). Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WEST KITSAP'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
This is what WEST KITSAP 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. Between the utility's meter and WEST KITSAP's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,869th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.