Queets
Community water system in Tahola, Washington, serving 200 people from ground water. 5 rules violated in the past three years, 3 still unresolved. Owned by tribal government.
Quarterly compliance history
2023
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Still in violation
EPA data updated Oct 7, 2026
Ground Water Rule
Treatment Technique Violation
Health-based
5 violations, Oct 2024 to open
Ground Water Rule
Treatment Technique Violation Health-based5 violations, Oct 2024 to open
Treatment Technique Violation, health-based: 5 violations, 2 still open, Oct 2024 to open. 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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Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and Reporting
4 violations, Jan 2024 to open
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and Reporting4 violations, Jan 2024 to open
Monitoring and Reporting: 4 violations, open since Jan 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.
What the rule requires: The 1991 LCR uses action levels rather than MCLs: if the 90th percentile of high-risk tap samples exceeds 15 ppb lead or 1.3 mg/L copper, the system must take escalating corrective actions. Violations typically indicate failure to maintain adequate corrosion control — the treatment that keeps lead from leaching out of pipes, solder, and fixtures.
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Public Notice Rule and Revised PN Rule
Other Violation
1 violation, Jan 2025 to open · Public Notification Rule
Public Notice Rule and Revised PN Rule
Other Violation1 violation, Jan 2025 to open · Public Notification Rule
Other Violation: 1 violation, open since Jan 2025. 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.
Also violated in the past three years
Jul to Sep 2023 to Jul to Sep 2026
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring Violation
1 violation, Sep 2025 to Sep 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring Violation1 violation, Sep 2025 to Sep 2025
Monitoring Violation: 1 violation, Sep 2025 to Sep 2025. The system did not complete required monitoring. This does not show that a contaminant was found.
What the rule requires: The 2013 RTCR (effective 2016) replaced the original TCR. It triggers automatic E. coli testing whenever total coliform is found. A single E. coli-positive sample is an acute MCL violation. It also requires systems exceeding 5% total coliform-positive samples to conduct a formal assessment and correct any deficiencies, helping prevent contamination before it escalates.
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Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Monitoring and Reporting
1 violation, Sep 2025 to Sep 2025 · Chlorine (MRDL)
Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Monitoring and Reporting1 violation, Sep 2025 to Sep 2025 · Chlorine (MRDL)
Monitoring and Reporting: 1 violation, Sep 2025 to Sep 2025. 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).
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.
Measured contaminant levels are not part of this record; each system publishes them in its annual Consumer Confidence Report.
Service area from EPA's Public Water System Service Area Boundaries dataset: Decision Tree 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.