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Community Water System · PWS 105300002

Lummi Tribal Water District

Operator location Bellingham, EPA Region 10 — Tribal Water Systems - larger served population (> 3,309) at 3,699 people served; 271 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.

3,699
People served (this PWS)
271
EPA violations (this PWS)
9
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

Lummi Tribal Water District standing, high SDWIS violation third

3,699 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #9,320 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Lummi Tribal Water District sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (271), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (3,699; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#9,320 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#5 of 52
Population · 10
271
Total EPA violations on record
3%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Native American
Connections
1,124
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
8
Monitoring Violations
244
Treatment Tech Violations
1

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 31 2015
Nitrate MR 30 2023
Chlorine MR 17 2024
Combined Radium (-226 and -228) MR 16 2017
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 16 2017
Combined Uranium MR 15 2017
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 14 2021
Arsenic MR 13 2023
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 11 2025
TTHM MR 9 2023
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 9 2023
Arsenic MCL 7 2013
Lead and Copper Rule MR 4 2021
Benzene MR 4 2017
Asbestos MR 3 2008
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 3 2017
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 3 2017
Vinyl chloride MR 3 2017
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 3 2017
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 3 2017
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 3 2017
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 3 2017
Trichloroethylene MR 3 2017
Tetrachloroethylene MR 3 2017
CHLOROBENZENE MR 3 2017
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 3 2017
Xylenes, Total MR 3 2017
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 3 2017
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 3 2017
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 3 2017

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Lummi Tribal Water District has 271 recorded EPA violations, 89% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 10% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (9 of 271), and it ranks #9,320 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

271 Higher than most more violations than 89% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 385 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFUnA 8/4/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/4/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/4/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/4/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/4/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/4/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/4/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/4/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 8/4/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/4/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/4/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/4/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/4/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/4/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/4/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/4/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 8/4/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/4/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/4/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/4/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/4/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/4/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/4/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/4/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 8/4/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/4/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/4/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/4/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/4/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/4/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

Population served record for Lummi Tribal Water District

EPA SDWIS lists 3,699 people served and 1,124 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

271 violations · 3,699 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Lummi Tribal Water District

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

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