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Community Water System · PWS WA5311887

Cedar Crest

Operator location Tacoma, Washington - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 242 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,954 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

2,954
People served (this PWS)
242
EPA violations (this PWS)
2
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Cedar Crest standing, high SDWIS violation third

242 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 1% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #10,792 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Cedar Crest sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (242), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,954 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 1% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#10,792 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#269 of 766
Population · WA
242
Total EPA violations on record
1%
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
Private
Connections
923
County
Pierce
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
2
Monitoring Violations
240
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Diquat MR 31 2007
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE MR 16 2007
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 16 2007
OXAMYL MR 13 2008
Aldicarb sulfone MR 13 2008
Carbofuran MR 13 2008
Aldicarb MR 13 2008
Aldicarb sulfoxide MR 13 2008
Pentachlorophenol MR 10 2008
Heptachlor epoxide MR 8 2008
Toxaphene MR 5 2008
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 5 2008
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 5 2008
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 5 2008
Atrazine MR 5 2008
LASSO MR 5 2008
HEXACHLOROBENZENE MR 5 2008
Dinoseb MR 5 2008
Endrin MR 5 2008
Heptachlor MR 5 2008
Simazine MR 5 2008
BHC-GAMMA MR 5 2008
2,4,5-TP MR 5 2008
Dalapon MR 5 2008
Picloram MR 5 2008
Chlordane MR 5 2008
Methoxychlor MR 5 2008
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 5 2008
Nitrate MR 2 2009
Coliform (TCR) MCL 2 1994

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Cedar Crest has 242 recorded EPA violations, 88% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 12% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 242), and it ranks #10,792 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)

242 Higher than most more violations than 88% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

SDWIS compliance record for Cedar Crest

242 violations on record for WA5311887; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Washington State Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water

Nationwide peers

242 violations · 2,954 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.

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Cross-state systems near this population served

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

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What to do with Cedar Crest

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

  • See how every tracked system in Washington compares on the same EPA violation measures. Washington systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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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