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Cowlitz County, Washington

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WA015 · Cowlitz County 76 sys · 13,735 viol · #525/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-LOW · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 90.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 1.1% health
  • RANK-TOP #525/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.4 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 16.7% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 89%
  • SYS-MID 76 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Lincoln County (+ 0.4 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Cowlitz County ranks #525 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #15 of 39 counties in Washington. See methodology · corpus placement.

Cowlitz County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 90.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 1.1% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 16.7% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #525 of 3,254 · #15 of 39 in Washington.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Cowlitz County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Cowlitz County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Grant · lowest Cowlitz · this county Jefferson · near Wahkiakum · highest 69.8% 89.8% 90.8% 91.2% 91.4% 92% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Longview Water Department 49,111 18 Clean
Kelso City Of 15,097 13 Clean
Beacon Hill Water & Sewer District 11,969 2 Clean
Woodland City Of 10,640 518 Detected
Kalama City Of 8,020 9 Clean
Castle Rock Municipal Water 4,367 126 Clean
Toutle River Rest Area Nb/Sb 3,590 27 -
Toutle Community Regional Water 2,904 17 -
Forest Learning Center 951 16 -
Cresap Bay Park and Campground 456 5 -
Carrolls Water Assn 449 238 -
Ryderwood Improvement & Service As 434 95 -
Speelyai Bay Park 395 3 -
Beaver Bay Campground 387 2 -
Lewis River RV Park 347 1,217 -
Lewis River Golf Course 300 3,259 -
Peterson Farms 290 547 -
Cougar Crest 290 36 -
Yale Village / Saddle Dam Park 281 0 -
Woodland Winter Race Track 260 7 -
Lone Fir Bar and Grill LLC 252 8 -
Walts Meats 251 326 -
Cougar Park and Campground 248 1 -
Columbia Riverfront RV Park 233 5 -
Kelso LDS Church 225 14 -
Davis Terrace Water Assn 222 16 -
Coldwater Science & Learning Center 221 12 -
Rose Valley Friends Church 212 1,004 -
Rose Valley School 211 22 -
Yale Park 204 3 -
Laestadian Lutheran Church 200 11 -
Beacon Hill East 190 0 -
Green Mountain Mill Weyerhaeuser 145 2 -
Camelot Subdivision 142 13 -
Sandwood Heights Subdivision 126 189 -
Castle Rock Travel Center 120 0 -
Havilah Retreat Center 106 5 -
Owl Creek 102 476 -
Woodland Kingdom Hall 94 20 -
Mulkey Meadows 1 93 12 -
Merwin Village/Park Ppl Co 92 218 -
Castle Rock Seventh Day Adv 80 12 -
High Ridge 73 15 -
Kid Valley Campground 71 0 -
Edgewater Mobile Estates 70 14 -
Kid Valley Store 70 6 -
Nineteen Mile House 67 3 -
Lewis River Salmon Hatchery 64 0 -
Cowlitz Family Health Center 61 22 -
Paradise Cove Resort & RV Park 59 5 -

Compare beyond Washington

Lower-flagged peers for Cowlitz County

Cross-state counties nearest Cowlitz County on flagged-system share (90.8%) and cumulative violation count (13,735). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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