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Community Water System · PWS WA5356300

Moses Lake City Of

Operator location Moses Lake, Washington - UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 626 violations and 32,428 people served.

32,428
People served (this PWS)
626
EPA violations (this PWS)
25
Health-based (this PWS)
5 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Moses Lake City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 4% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #1,726 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Moses Lake City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (626), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (32,428; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 4% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).

#1,726 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#51 of 766
Population · WA
626
Total EPA violations on record
4%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

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

PFAS Detected

5 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
13,487
County
Grant
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
25
Monitoring Violations
595
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Diquat MR 30 2005
Coliform (TCR) MCL 25 1998
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 17 2022
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 17 2022
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 17 2022
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 17 2022
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 17 2022
Trichloroethylene MR 17 2022
Tetrachloroethylene MR 17 2022
CHLOROBENZENE MR 17 2022
Benzene MR 17 2022
Styrene MR 17 2022
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 17 2022
Vinyl chloride MR 17 2022
Ethylbenzene MR 17 2022
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 17 2022
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 17 2022
Carbon tetrachloride MR 17 2022
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 17 2022
Toluene MR 17 2022
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 17 2022
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 17 2022
Aldicarb sulfoxide MR 15 2008
Aldicarb sulfone MR 15 2008
Carbofuran MR 15 2008
Aldicarb MR 15 2008
OXAMYL MR 15 2008
Pentachlorophenol MR 7 2008
Picloram MR 6 2008
Dinoseb MR 6 2008

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Moses Lake City Of has 626 recorded EPA violations, 97% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 3% carry more. 4% of this system's own violations are health-based (25 of 626), and it ranks #1,726 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)

626 Higher than most more violations than 97% 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. 10 of 1044 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFHxS 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 8/24/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/24/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/24/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/24/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/24/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/24/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/24/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/24/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/24/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/24/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/24/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/24/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/24/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 8/24/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/24/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/24/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/24/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 8/24/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/24/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/24/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/24/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/24/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/24/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/24/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/24/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/24/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/24/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/24/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/24/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

UCMR5 PFAS record for Moses Lake City Of

Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS WA5356300 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.

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

Nationwide peers

626 violations · 32,428 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 Moses Lake City Of

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