Community Water System · PWS WA5325547
Fisherman Bay Water Association
Operator location Lopez Island, Washington - 17% of 35 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); groundwater source; 1,195 served per SDWIS.
- 1,195
- People served (this PWS)
- 35
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 6
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Fisherman Bay Water Association standing, mid SDWIS violation third
17% of 35 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 17% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #17,997 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Fisherman Bay Water Association lands in the middle third by violation volume (35), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 1,195 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 17% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #17,997 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #471 of 766
- Population · WA
- 35
- Total EPA violations on record
- 17%
- 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
- 185
- County
- San Juan
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 6
- Monitoring Violations
- 27
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 6 | 2000 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 1995 |
| Cadmium | MR | 2 | 2008 |
| Mercury | MR | 2 | 2008 |
| Selenium | MR | 2 | 2008 |
| Arsenic | MR | 2 | 2008 |
| Fluoride | MR | 2 | 2008 |
| Chromium | MR | 2 | 2008 |
| Barium | MR | 2 | 2008 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 1 | 1999 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 1997 |
| Nitrate | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Nickel | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 1 | 2008 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Fisherman Bay Water Association has 35 recorded EPA violations, 46% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 53% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 35), and it ranks #17,997 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)
35 Lower than most fewer violations than 53% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Fisherman Bay Water Association
6 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for WA5325547.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Washington State Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
35 violations · 1,195 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Fisherman Bay Water Association
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
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