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5 Cedars

Community water system in Deming, Washington, serving 150 people from ground water. 5 rules violated in the past three years. Owned by tribal government.

People served 150 ground water
Rules violated, past 3 years 5 one rule can carry several violations
Unresolved 0 rules still in violation, EPA data updated Oct 7, 2026
Quarters with violations 6 of the last 12 quarters

Quarterly compliance history

VQ3
2023
SQ4
2023
SQ1
2024
VQ2
2024
VQ3
2024
–Q4
2024
–Q1
2025
–Q2
2025
–Q3
2025
VQ4
2025
–Q1
2026
–Q2
2026
UQ3
2026
–No violation identified VViolation identified SSerious violator (EPA enforcement priority) UUndetermined Oldest quarter on the left. Quarters 1 to 12 are the twelve most recent official quarters at EPA's last data refresh; the 13th is the quarter in progress at that refresh, which EPA reports as undetermined.

Rules violated in the past three years

Jul to Sep 2023 to Jul to Sep 2026

Ground Water Rule

Treatment Technique Violation Health-based

5 violations, Feb 2022 to Jul 2024
EPA rule code 140 · 5 violations recorded, 5 health-based

Treatment Technique Violation, health-based: 5 violations, Feb 2022 to Jul 2024. The system did not carry out a required treatment process or corrective action.

What the rule requires: The 2006 GWR requires regular sanitary surveys of groundwater systems and targeted corrective action when fecal indicators are found in source water. Systems with significant deficiencies must provide 4-log virus treatment (99.99% removal/inactivation) or fix the deficiency.

Health effects: Protects against enteric viruses, which can contaminate groundwater via cracked well casings, failing septic systems, or animal waste. Viruses persist longer in groundwater than in surface water. Hepatitis A and norovirus are the primary pathogens of concern. Limit: Treatment technique: 4-log virus treatment required when source water has fecal indicators or significant sanitary deficiencies

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Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule

Monitoring and Reporting

1 violation, Jul 2023 to Sep 2023 · Chlorine (MRDL)
EPA rule code 210 · 1 violation recorded

Monitoring and Reporting: 1 violation, Jul 2023 to Sep 2023. The system did not complete required monitoring, or did not report the results on time. This does not show that a contaminant was found.

Contaminant on the record: Chlorine (MRDL).

Nitrate Rule

Maximum Contaminant Level ViolationMonitoring and Reporting Health-based

3 violations, Oct 2023 to Feb 2026 · 12 MG/L
EPA rule code 331 · 3 violations recorded, 1 health-based

Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, health-based: 1 violation, Oct 2025 to Feb 2026. A sample exceeded the maximum contaminant level EPA allows in drinking water.

Monitoring and Reporting: 2 violations, Oct 2023 to Jun 2024. The system did not complete required monitoring, or did not report the results on time. This does not show that a contaminant was found.

Measured
Nitrate 12 MG/L

Limit 10 MG/L · Oct to Dec 2025

What the rule requires: Nitrate (NO₃) is the most common chemical contaminant in US groundwater, entering from fertilizers, septic systems, and animal waste. It is odorless and tasteless — the only way to know if it's present is to test.

Health effects: Methemoglobinemia in infants under 6 months: gut bacteria convert nitrate to nitrite, which blocks oxygen transport in blood. Pregnant women should also take precautions. Chronic adult exposure at elevated levels may increase cancer risk. Limit: 10 mg/L as nitrogen (NO₃-N)

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Public Notice Rule and Revised PN Rule

Other Violation

6 violations, Mar 2023 to Jun 2024 · Public Notification Rule
EPA rule code 410 · 6 violations recorded

Other Violation: 6 violations, Mar 2023 to Jun 2024. A requirement other than monitoring, reporting, or a contaminant limit, such as public notice or the annual water quality report.

Contaminant on the record: Public Notification Rule.

Consumer Confidence Rule

Other Violation

1 violation, Jul 2023 to Sep 2023
EPA rule code 420 · 1 violation recorded

Other Violation: 1 violation, Jul 2023 to Sep 2023. A requirement other than monitoring, reporting, or a contaminant limit, such as public notice or the annual water quality report.

What the rule requires: Community water systems must deliver an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) to all customers by July 1, covering the previous year. It must list all detected contaminants, compare them to MCLs, identify source water, and include educational language about lead. A violation means the report was not delivered on time or was incomplete.

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Lead and copper at the tap

The 90th percentile of the tap samples the system collected in its latest monitoring period, against EPA's action level. Levels vary between homes.

Lead 0 mg/L

Action level 0.015 mg/L · Jan 2022 to Dec 2024

Copper 2.1 mg/L

Action level 1.3 mg/L · Jan to Dec 2009

About this data

Rules violated and the list above come from EPA's SDWIS violation records, one row per violation and contaminant, grouped by the rule each row belongs to. A violation counts when its non-compliance period ended on or after Jul 1, 2023, the start of the thirteen quarters ECHO's three-year figures cover, or is still open; it is unresolved when it was still open at EPA's data refresh on Oct 7, 2026. EPA's rule code 500, "Not Regulated", is left out, as in ECHO's counts. Each rule's violation count is EPA's, and one rule can carry several: a missed monitoring round for a group of contaminants is one violation per contaminant and period. Category names are EPA's violation categories.

ECHO's own summary count of rules violated agrees with this grouping for 98.8% of active systems nationally, and its count of rules being violated for 98.7%; where they differ, the figures here follow the rows listed.

A measured value shown with a rule is the sample result EPA recorded with that violation (SDWIS viol_measure), against the limit EPA recorded on the same row (state_mcl), both in EPA's unit as written; violations without a recorded value, such as missed monitoring, show none. Other measured contaminant levels are not part of this record; each system publishes them in its annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Lead and copper are the newest 90th-percentile results in EPA's SDWA data download (LCR_SAMPLES, codes PB90 and CU90), retrieved on Oct 12, 2026: for each monitoring period a system reports the 90th-percentile value of its tap samples, which EPA compares with its action level of 0.015 mg/L for lead and 1.3 mg/L for copper (40 CFR 141.80). A result is not a measurement of any one tap.

Service area from EPA's Public Water System Service Area Boundaries dataset: Random Forest method, Federal agency. The system's location is the centre of the service area EPA publishes for the system.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Washington records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.