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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS WA5306970

Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable

Usk, Washington 99180-9771 - drinking water served from groundwater sources to 70 people, tracked in EPA SDWIS and UCMR5.

70
People served
0
EPA violations
0
Health-based
Untested
UCMR5 result

The verdict

Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable carries a clean Safe Drinking Water Act record, zero EPA violations.

0
Total EPA violations on record
0%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
70
People served by this system
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Water Quality Snapshot: Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable

Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable is a private-owned non-transient non-community water system that delivers drinking water to 70 residents in Usk, Washington (Pend Oreille County) through 6 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 0 total violations for this system , giving it a clean Safe Drinking Water Act compliance record.

No specific contaminant violations have been recorded in EPA's detailed violation register for this system. This system has not yet been sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program, so no PFAS detection data is available here.

Across Washington, EPA tracks 4,557 public water systems serving 9,736,844 people, with 314,648 cumulative violations and 20,590 health-based violations on record. About 92% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 69 violations. Statewide, 66 of 247 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (26.7%).

Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable's 0 violations sit below the Washington average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.

Population Served
70
Total Violations
0
Health-Based Violations
0
Water Source
Groundwater

System Details

System Type
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
6
County
Pend Oreille
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
0
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Verify This Water System

The figures above are aggregated from EPA's public databases. To verify the underlying records, or to file a complaint, request a Consumer Confidence Report, or check current monitoring status, go directly to the federal and state regulators that enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act for Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable.

Federal Source of Truth

EPA SDWIS, Federal Reports

EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) holds the federal compliance record for every regulated public water system. Open the system-level report by PWS ID:

View PWS ID WA5306970 on SDWIS

Source: EPA SDWIS Federal Reports Search

State Regulator

Washington Drinking Water Authority

Washington State Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water is the primacy agency that licenses and inspects Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable under EPA-delegated authority.

Open WA regulator portal

Source: Washington State Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water

How Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable Compares

Cross-reference this system's record against state averages and the federal MCL framework for context.

Metric Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable Washington avg Federal benchmark
Total violations 0 69 SDWA compliance, any non-zero count is a recorded breach
Health-based violations 0 4.5 Indicates a contaminant exceeded a federal MCL
PFAS detection None 26.7% EPA final rule (2024): PFOA/PFOS MCL = 4.0 ppt
Population served 70 2,137 Sizing context for compliance burden

Sources: EPA SDWIS and EPA National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (40 CFR Part 141). State averages computed across 4,557 regulated public water systems in Washington.

Federal MCL reference, Safe Drinking Water Act thresholds ▼
Contaminant Federal MCL / Action Level Note
Lead 0 mg/L (Action Level: 0.015 mg/L) Lead and Copper Rule treatment technique
Arsenic 0.010 mg/L (10 ppb) Health-based MCL since 2006
Total Coliform Treatment technique (RTCR) Indicator organism, monitoring trigger
PFOA / PFOS (PFAS) 4.0 ppt each (final 2024 rule) Compliance deadline 2029 (EPA proposed extending to 2031, not yet final as of May 2026)
Nitrate (as N) 10 mg/L Acute health risk for infants

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable water safe to drink? ▼
Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable (PWS ID: WA5306970) has 0 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. This system serves 70 people using Groundwater sources.
How many people does Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable serve? ▼
Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable serves 70 people in Usk, Washington. It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 6 service connections.
What type of violations does Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable have? ▼
Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable has 0 total violations: 0 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 0 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.
Has PFAS been detected in Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable water? ▼
No PFAS testing data is available for Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
What water source does Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable use? ▼
Ponderay Newsprint Co - Potable uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Non-Transient Non-Community Water System, serving the same people for at least 6 months per year.
Where does this data come from? ▼
All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Data Sources: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), Q4 2025. This data is provided for informational purposes only.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. This system's figures are rendered directly from EPA SDWIS data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.