Community Water System · PWS WA5369945
Washington State Corrections-Women
Operator location Gig Harbor, Washington - lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations) with 13 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,205 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,205
- People served (this PWS)
- 13
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 1
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Washington State Corrections-Women standing, low SDWIS violation third
13 EPA SDWIS violations on record - lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #17,748 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Washington State Corrections-Women is in the lower third by violation count (13; lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations)). A low count does not mean the system is unmonitored - monitoring and reporting violations still appear in SDWIS. Population served is mid-pack at 1,205 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #17,748 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #465 of 766
- Population · WA
- 13
- Total EPA violations on record
- 8%
- 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
- State
- Connections
- 392
- County
- Pierce
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 1
- Monitoring Violations
- 9
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 6 | 2013 |
| Nitrate | MR | 1 | 2018 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 1 | 2018 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 1 | 1993 |
| TTHM | MR | 1 | 2018 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Washington State Corrections-Women has 13 recorded EPA violations, 22% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 76% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (1 of 13), and it ranks #17,748 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)
13 Among the lowest violation counts fewer violations than 76% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Washington State Corrections-Women
13 violations on record for WA5369945; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Washington State Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
13 violations · 1,205 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with similarly light violation ledgers
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 Washington State Corrections-Women
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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