Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS WA5357864
Rochester High School
Operator location Rochester, Washington - 12% of 42 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); groundwater source; 1,275 served per SDWIS.
- 1,275
- People served (this PWS)
- 42
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 5
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Rochester High School standing, mid SDWIS violation third
12% of 42 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 12% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #17,335 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Rochester High School lands in the middle third by violation volume (42), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 1,275 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 12% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #17,335 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #452 of 766
- Population · WA
- 42
- Total EPA violations on record
- 12%
- 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
- Non-Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 3
- County
- Thurston
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 5
- Monitoring Violations
- 36
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 7 | 2003 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 5 | 2005 |
| Nitrate | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 2 | 2014 |
| Dalapon | MR | 2 | 2014 |
| Picloram | MR | 2 | 2014 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 2 | 2014 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 2 | 2018 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 2 | 2014 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Nickel | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 2000 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 2008 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Rochester High School has 42 recorded EPA violations, 52% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 48% carry more. 12% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 42), and it ranks #17,335 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)
42 Around the middle fewer violations than 48% 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 Rochester High School
5 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for WA5357864.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Washington State Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
42 violations · 1,275 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 Rochester High School
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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