Question 1

Is Morton City Of water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Morton City Of (PWS ID: WA5356250) has 52 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 2,147 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does Morton City Of serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Morton City Of serves 2,147 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Morton or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 694 service connections. The operator address is listed in Morton, Washington.

Question 3

What type of violations does Morton City Of have?

Accepted Answer

Morton City Of has 52 total violations: 1 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 44 monitoring/reporting violations, and 1 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Morton City Of water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Morton City Of under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Morton City Of use?

Accepted Answer

Morton City Of uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Where does Morton City Of sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Morton City Of ranks #13,034 of 29,740 by people served, and #343 of 766 in Washington. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Morton City Of's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Morton City Of has 52 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 42% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 57% of that cohort has fewer violations than Morton City Of. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	5	2025
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	2	2007
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	2007
DICHLOROMETHANE	MR	2	2007
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	2007
p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	2007
Vinyl chloride	MR	2	2007
Carbon tetrachloride	MR	2	2007
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	2	2007
Trichloroethylene	MR	2	2007
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	MR	2	2007
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	2	2007
Benzene	MR	2	2007
Ethylbenzene	MR	2	2007
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	2007
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	2007
Tetrachloroethylene	MR	2	2007
Surface Water Treatment Rule	MR	2	2021
1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	2	2007
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	MR	2	2007
Styrene	MR	2	2007
Toluene	MR	2	2007
Nitrate	MR	1	2020
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TT	1	1994
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U	MR	1	1979

Morton City Of

Morton City Of standing, mid SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Health-based violations on Morton City Of

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems near this violation count

Cross-state systems near this population served