YAKIMA WATER DIVISION CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
YAKIMA WATER DIVISION CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 112,858, over 29,737 connections.
YAKIMA WATER DIVISION CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
57 total violations and 3 health-based ones put YAKIMA WATER DIVISION CITY OF at the 63th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,779 of 12,903.
How YAKIMA WATER DIVISION CITY OF compares within WA
YAKIMA WATER DIVISION CITY OF's 3 health-based violations sit within the WA average of 3.7, across 322 systems statewide. 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 YAKIMA WATER DIVISION CITY OF is from 2024-01-07 (health-based: 1995-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
YAKIMA WATER DIVISION 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 this data is and is not
YAKIMA WATER DIVISION 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 57 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.