Community Water System · PWS WA5362000
Northwest Water Assoc. Inc.
Operator location Lynden, Washington - UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 221 violations and 400 people served.
- 400
- People served (this PWS)
- 221
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 2
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 1 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Northwest Water Assoc. Inc. standing, high SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound - lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 1% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds).
The verdict
Northwest Water Assoc. Inc. sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (221), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (400; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 1% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).
- 221
- Total EPA violations on record
- 1%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 400
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- 1
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 153
- County
- Whatcom
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 2
- Monitoring Violations
- 217
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| Benzene | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| Toluene | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| Styrene | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 10 | 2010 |
| Diquat | MR | 5 | 2005 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 2004 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 1 | 2018 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Nitrate | MR | 1 | 1979 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Northwest Water Assoc. Inc. has 221 recorded EPA violations, 87% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 13% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 221), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
221 Higher than most more violations than 87% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 1 of 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HFPO-DA | 5/20/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/20/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/20/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/20/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/20/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/20/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/20/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/20/2025 | 4.10 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFBA | 5/20/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/20/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/20/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/20/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/20/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/20/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/20/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/20/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/20/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/20/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/20/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/20/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/20/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 5/20/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/20/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/20/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/20/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/20/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/20/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/20/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/20/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/20/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/20/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Northwest Water Assoc. Inc.
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS WA5362000 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
221 violations · 400 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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